Yams — Food by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Yams — Food is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 21,000 1000 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 6 1000 t, and the mean is 611 1000 t.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 525.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Yams — Food: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 21,000 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,736 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 2 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,736 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 5,321 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 5 | Melanesia | 405 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 6 | Cameroon | 384 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 361 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 355 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 9 | Guinea | 254 1000 t | 2023 | up 179.1% | rising |
| 10 | Caribbean | 206 1000 t | 2023 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Gabon | 161 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 12 | Jamaica | 143 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 127 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 14 | Senegal | 113 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 103 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 51 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 17 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 46 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 23 | Comoros | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 525.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Cuba | 19 1000 t | 2019 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Liberia | 19 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Congo | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 31 | Philippines | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 32 | Haiti | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 33 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Kenya | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 34 | Malaysia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 37 | China | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Fiji | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 40 | Niger | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 42 | Pakistan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Polynesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 42 | Tonga | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 42 | Mauritania | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 49 | China, Macao SAR | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 49 | Qatar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 49 | Oman | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Italy | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 49 | Guyana | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Australia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Belgium | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Bahrain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Barbados | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Germany | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Grenada | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Samoa | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | New Zealand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Portugal | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 38,022 1000 t
- Africa 36,608 1000 t
- Western Africa 35,063 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 10,190 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,401 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4,039 1000 t
- Middle Africa 1,203 1000 t
- Americas 817 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 806 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 642 1000 t
- South America 535 1000 t
- Oceania 409 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 181 1000 t
- Asia 165 1000 t
- Northern Africa 162 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 140 1000 t
- Northern America 54 1000 t
- United States of America 41 1000 t
- Europe 23 1000 t
- Central America 21 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 18 1000 t
- Northern Europe 14 1000 t
- European Union (27) 9 1000 t
- Western Europe 8 1000 t
- Western Asia 5 1000 t
- Southern Asia 3 1000 t
- Southern Europe 1 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.