Yams — Losses 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 — Losses is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 6,195 1000 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 6 1000 t, and the mean is 299.22 1000 t.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).
Yams — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 6,195 1000 t | 2023 | up 247.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Ghana | 1,718 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 600 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 600 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 5 | Cameroon | 108 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 6 | Guinea | 62 1000 t | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Caribbean | 49 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 8 | Gabon | 39 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 8 | Jamaica | 39 1000 t | 2023 | up 254.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Colombia | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 11 | Melanesia | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 29 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 15 | Senegal | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Rwanda | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Haiti | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Liberia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Comoros | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Congo | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 24 | Cuba | 1 1000 t | 2019 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 24 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Panama | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 30 | Polynesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Samoa | 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 9,249 1000 t
- Africa 9,100 1000 t
- Western Africa 8,866 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,134 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 552 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 443 1000 t
- Middle Africa 208 1000 t
- Americas 108 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 83 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 78 1000 t
- South America 56 1000 t
- Oceania 30 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 16 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 11 1000 t
- Asia 11 1000 t
- Northern Africa 10 1000 t
- Central America 2 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 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.