Yams — Gross 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 Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 329.67 in Senegal; the lowest is 1.11 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 103.4, and the mean is 105.74.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 297.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 867.6%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 98.9%).
Yams — Gross Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 329.67 | 2024 | up 416.9% | rising |
| 2 | Guinea | 288.86 | 2024 | up 226.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Panama | 201.41 | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 193.07 | 2024 | up 116.5% | rising |
| 5 | India | 179.52 | 2024 | up 340.1% | rising |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 159.62 | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 151.98 | 2024 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Nigeria | 143.25 | 2024 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Ghana | 138.82 | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Jamaica | 134.3 | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 11 | Togo | 123.74 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 12 | Fiji | 123.15 | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Comoros | 121.18 | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 118.13 | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Colombia | 114.1 | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Benin | 112.88 | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 112.77 | 2024 | up 279.1% | rising |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 107.51 | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 106.21 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 20 | Gabon | 106.06 | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominica | 105.91 | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 105.2 | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Japan | 104.92 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Congo | 104.7 | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 25 | South Sudan | 104.62 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 26 | Sudan | 104.03 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 27 | Mauritania | 103.53 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 103.26 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 29 | Niue | 103.09 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 102.41 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 102.21 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 32 | Portugal | 100.79 | 2017 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | New Caledonia | 99.99 | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Guyana | 98.73 | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Liberia | 98.59 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 37 | Tonga | 98.1 | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Rwanda | 95.76 | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 92.91 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 40 | Cameroon | 90.25 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Bhutan | 85.69 | 2024 | down 39.3% | flat |
| 42 | Kenya | 72.15 | 2024 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 43 | Barbados | 65.38 | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 64.32 | 2024 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 45 | Belize | 61.11 | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58.71 | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 58.52 | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Grenada | 44.22 | 2024 | up 867.6% | falling |
| 49 | Cuba | 31.11 | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.43 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.15 | 2024 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 52 | Burundi | 21.35 | 2024 | down 81.5% | flat |
| 53 | Haiti | 8.38 | 2024 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Samoa | 1.11 | 2024 | down 98.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 179.5
- Asia 161.7
- Western Africa 138.78
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 125.37
- Africa 137.86
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 116.21
- World 137.07
- Melanesia 116.13
- Côte d'Ivoire 116.41
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 115.79
- Middle Africa 98.85
- Oceania 114.04
- United Republic of Tanzania 97.4
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 113.4
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 85.55
- Central America 112.76
- Polynesia 41.53
- South-Eastern Asia 111.53
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 109.4
- South America 106.69
- Eastern Asia 104.92
- Northern Africa 104.03
- Eastern Africa 100.92
- Southern Europe 100.79
- Europe 100.79
- European Union (27) 100.79
- Americas 86.61
- Caribbean 59.82
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.