Yams — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Yams — Production was 256,678 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Brazil stood at 256,678 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Brazil peaked at 256,678 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85,000 t, in 1961.
That places Brazil 11th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 88,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 93,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 98,000 t | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 100,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 105,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 112,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 115,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 120,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 124,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 128,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 133,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 140,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 144,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 150,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 154,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 160,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 165,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 175,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 178,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 184,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 184,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 200,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 220,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 240,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 200,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 200,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 215,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 216,449 t | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 217,750 t | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 219,126 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 220,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 222,319 t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 225,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 226,054 t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 227,683 t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 230,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 231,471 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 235,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 230,000 t | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 233,216 t | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 234,770 t | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 237,079 t | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 240,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 250,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 246,379 t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 246,840 t | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 246,876 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 246,525 t | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 246,000 t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 245,000 t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 247,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 248,692 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 250,020 t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 251,229 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 251,977 t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 252,513 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 253,369 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 255,196 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 255,264 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 255,971 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 256,678 t | +0.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 256,678 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,602 t, 26.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 256,678 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,119 t, 121.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,778 t | 85,000 t | 120,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 147,300 t | 124,000 t | 175,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 202,600 t | 178,000 t | 240,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 221,938 t | 215,000 t | 230,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 238,476 t | 230,000 t | 250,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 248,583 t | 245,000 t | 252,513 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 255,296 t | 253,369 t | 256,678 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 8 Papua New Guinea 385,041 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 9,375 t compare
- 9 Guinea 326,092 t compare
- 9 Polynesia 4,940 t compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 262,000 t compare
- 12 Chad 240,000 t compare
- 12 Caribbean 304,309 t compare
- 13 Gabon 229,932 t compare
- 14 Central African Republic 227,415 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Brazil?
- Yams — production in Brazil was 256,678 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 256,678 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,000 t in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for yams — production?
- Brazil ranks 11th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.