Yams — Import quantity 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 — Import quantity is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 58 1000 t in United States; the lowest is 0 1000 t in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.5 1000 t, and the mean is 5.8 1000 t.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).
Yams — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Belgium | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 8 | France | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Malaysia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 9 | South Africa | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 9 | China | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 12 | Niger | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | China, Macao SAR | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Oman | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Caribbean | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Qatar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 16 | Kuwait | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Gabon | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Germany | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahrain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Australia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | New Zealand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 187 1000 t
- Americas 77 1000 t
- Northern America 76 1000 t
- United States of America 58 1000 t
- Africa 44 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 43 1000 t
- Western Africa 39 1000 t
- Europe 38 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 38 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 38 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 37 1000 t
- Asia 27 1000 t
- European Union (27) 22 1000 t
- Western Europe 20 1000 t
- Northern Europe 16 1000 t
- Western Asia 12 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 6 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 6 1000 t
- Southern Africa 5 1000 t
- Southern Asia 3 1000 t
- Southern Europe 2 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1 1000 t
- Oceania 1 1000 t
- Middle Africa 0 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.