Yams — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) by country
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.
What the numbers show
Yams — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 262.32 in Senegal; the lowest is 1.03 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.45, and the mean is 93.33.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 255.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 830.2%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 99.0%).
Yams — Gross per capita Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 262.32 | 2024 | up 295.4% | rising |
| 2 | Guinea | 230.8 | 2024 | up 153.6% | flat |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 176.39 | 2024 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Panama | 175.91 | 2024 | up 29.5% | falling |
| 5 | India | 164.92 | 2024 | up 298.1% | rising |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 164.75 | 2024 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Jamaica | 132.56 | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 127.33 | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Fiji | 121.76 | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 117.45 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 11 | Ghana | 115.71 | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Dominica | 112.17 | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Japan | 107.94 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 14 | Togo | 104.06 | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 102.48 | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Comoros | 101.62 | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Colombia | 101.46 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 101.21 | 2017 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 19 | Niue | 100.72 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Tonga | 99.88 | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 98.22 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 22 | South Sudan | 96.84 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 96.58 | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Guyana | 90.17 | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 90.11 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 26 | Mali | 89.95 | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 89.47 | 2024 | up 190.2% | rising |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 89.43 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89.43 | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 88.58 | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 87.79 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 32 | Gabon | 85.19 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 33 | Philippines | 84.39 | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Congo | 84.26 | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Sudan | 82.5 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 36 | Liberia | 81.81 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 37 | Bhutan | 80.02 | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 79.7 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritania | 79.39 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 40 | Rwanda | 78.2 | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 70.53 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 42 | Barbados | 64.55 | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 60.35 | 2024 | down 48.6% | flat |
| 44 | Kenya | 59.99 | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 59.02 | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 56.93 | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Belize | 51.84 | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Grenada | 43.44 | 2024 | up 830.2% | falling |
| 49 | Cuba | 31.95 | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.75 | 2024 | down 75.2% | falling |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26 | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Burundi | 16.72 | 2024 | down 85.7% | falling |
| 53 | Haiti | 7.43 | 2024 | down 96.0% | falling |
| 54 | Samoa | 1.03 | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 163.39
- Asia 151.15
- World 125.49
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- Western Africa 111.93
- Melanesia 97.32
- Africa 111.09
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 94.12
- Eastern Asia 103.52
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 93.05
- South-Eastern Asia 103.02
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 79.24
- Central America 102.95
- Middle Africa 74.34
- Southern Europe 101.1
- United Republic of Tanzania 73.89
- Oceania 100.41
- Polynesia 40.6
- European Union (27) 100.39
- Europe 100.37
- South America 100.34
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 96.65
- Côte d'Ivoire 92.1
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 90.09
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 89.04
- Northern Africa 88.93
- Americas 81.03
- Eastern Africa 79.79
- Caribbean 57.36
About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.