Yams — Production in South Sudan
South Sudan: Yams — Production was 54,216 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in South Sudan stood at 54,216 t.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in South Sudan peaked at 54,757 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 43,000 t, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 28th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 50,853 t | 43,000 t | 54,070 t | 8 |
| 2020s | 54,325 t | 54,016 t | 54,757 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 25 Rwanda 57,419 t compare
- 26 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55,772 t compare
- 27 Dominican Republic 54,514 t compare
- 29 Ethiopia 45,301 t compare
- 30 Solomon Islands 45,058 t compare
- 31 Comoros 30,988 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.36 (2015)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.4% (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Rural population 78.3% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.36 (2015)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 34 (2024)
- Aquaculture farmed fish production 34 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 0.9836 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in South Sudan?
- Yams — production in South Sudan was 54,216 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 54,757 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,000 t in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for yams — production?
- South Sudan ranks 28th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.