Yams — Gross Production Value (current thousand US$) by country

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Countries reporting
43
Highest
6.12 million 1000 USD
Nigeria
Lowest
25 1000 USD
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
21,250 1000 USD
Years covered
34
1991–2024
Data points
1,851

What the numbers show

Yams — Gross Production Value (current thousand US$) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 6.12 million 1000 USD in Nigeria; the lowest is 25 1000 USD in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 21,250 1000 USD, and the mean is 419,061 1000 USD.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 7,222.7%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 98.0%).

Yams — Gross Production Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 6.12 million 1000 USD 2024 down 64.8% rising
2 Côte d'Ivoire 3.23 million 1000 USD 2024 up 33.7% volatile
3 Ghana 3.16 million 1000 USD 2024 up 1.6% volatile
4 Benin 1.60 million 1000 USD 2024 down 17.7% rising
5 Caribbean 659,172 1000 USD 2024 up 279.9% volatile
6 Jamaica 594,864 1000 USD 2024 up 294.7% volatile
7 Colombia 465,366 1000 USD 2024 up 266.2% volatile
8 Togo 456,758 1000 USD 2024 up 41.5% volatile
9 Guinea 419,369 1000 USD 2024 up 7,222.7% volatile
10 Cameroon 333,805 1000 USD 2024 down 15.0% volatile
11 Japan 309,084 1000 USD 2024 down 27.8% falling
12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 119,728 1000 USD 2014 up 473.1% volatile
13 Sudan (former) 103,698 1000 USD 2011 up 11.3% volatile
14 Mali 93,830 1000 USD 2024 up 48.0% volatile
15 Dominican Republic 55,320 1000 USD 2024 up 327.8% volatile
16 Costa Rica 44,956 1000 USD 2024 up 131.1% volatile
17 Panama 38,765 1000 USD 2024 up 57.3% volatile
18 Rwanda 30,177 1000 USD 2024 up 45.6% volatile
19 Congo 26,279 1000 USD 2024 up 7.6% volatile
20 Polynesia 23,850 1000 USD 2024 up 141.0% volatile
21 Tonga 23,652 1000 USD 2024 volatile
22 Melanesia 21,250 1000 USD 2024 up 326.0% volatile
23 Burkina Faso 17,909 1000 USD 2024 up 24.2% volatile
24 New Caledonia 11,381 1000 USD 2024 up 2.9% falling
25 Fiji 9,869 1000 USD 2024 up 97.9% volatile
26 Philippines 8,869 1000 USD 2024 up 14.9% rising
27 Kenya 7,571 1000 USD 2024 up 49.6% volatile
28 Brazil 7,463 1000 USD 2024 down 42.3% rising
29 Guyana 7,411 1000 USD 2024 up 404.1% volatile
30 Puerto Rico 3,919 1000 USD 2024 up 93.1% falling
31 Portugal 3,654 1000 USD 2017 up 318.1% volatile
32 Malaysia 2,781 1000 USD 2024 volatile
33 Ethiopia 2,334 1000 USD 2024 up 94.3% falling
34 Barbados 1,514 1000 USD 2024 down 14.7% falling
35 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,509 1000 USD 2024 down 66.9% falling
36 Saint Lucia 911 1000 USD 2024 down 21.1% volatile
37 Antigua and Barbuda 588 1000 USD 2024 up 133.3% rising
38 Grenada 442 1000 USD 2024 up 1,281.2% volatile
39 Burundi 207 1000 USD 2024 down 89.6% volatile
40 Samoa 198 1000 USD 2024 down 98.0% volatile
41 Saint Kitts and Nevis 106 1000 USD 2024 down 7.8% volatile
42 Belize 39 1000 USD 2024 down 50.0% volatile
43 Trinidad and Tobago 25 1000 USD 2023 up 38.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Yams — Gross Production Value (current thousand US$)
Unit
1000 USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
65 places, 1,851 data points, 1991–2024
Last refreshed

The domain provides detailed data on the value of agricultural production that is calculated by the agricultural production data and the price data at farm gate. Thus, the value of production measures the agricultural production in monetary terms at the farm gate level.