Yams — Production in Togo
Togo: Yams — Production was 982,384 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Togo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Togo recorded 982,384 t for yams — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Togo peaked at 984,614 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 277,000 t, in 1964.
That places Togo 4th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Production in Togo, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 290,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 280,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 277,000 t | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 295,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 280,000 t | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 285,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 290,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 300,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 290,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 300,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 383,200 t | +27.7% |
| 1973 | 400,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 402,800 t | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 406,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 416,539 t | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 394,274 t | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 497,686 t | +26.2% |
| 1979 | 482,872 t | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 483,901 t | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 527,815 t | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 471,545 t | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 383,087 t | -18.8% |
| 1984 | 341,926 t | -10.7% |
| 1985 | 364,437 t | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 409,386 t | +12.3% |
| 1987 | 360,370 t | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 378,664 t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 405,064 t | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 391,853 t | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 376,478 t | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 367,997 t | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 530,412 t | +44.1% |
| 1994 | 484,023 t | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 530,502 t | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 604,732 t | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 683,039 t | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 696,147 t | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 665,632 t | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 563,286 t | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 614,962 t | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 574,886 t | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 614,962 t | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 636,305 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 585,427 t | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 621,055 t | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 618,212 t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 648,248 t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 704,414 t | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 710,481 t | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 727,749 t | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 864,408 t | +18.8% |
| 2013 | 661,200 t | -23.5% |
| 2014 | 786,394 t | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 781,419 t | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 813,985 t | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 826,553 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 858,783 t | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 874,267 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 940,876 t | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 960,431 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 984,614 t | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 973,009 t | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 982,384 t | +1.0% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 982,384 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 95,797 t, 10.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Togo's 982,384 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 116,158 t, 8.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 288,556 t | 277,000 t | 300,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 397,337 t | 290,000 t | 497,686 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 412,620 t | 341,926 t | 527,815 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 533,082 t | 367,997 t | 696,147 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 618,176 t | 563,286 t | 704,414 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 790,524 t | 661,200 t | 874,267 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 968,263 t | 940,876 t | 984,614 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 1 Nigeria 65.32 million t compare
- 2 Ghana 10.11 million t compare
- 3 Benin 3.35 million t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 7.66 million t compare
- 5 India 977,000 t compare
- 5 Melanesia 479,958 t compare
- 6 Cameroon 541,648 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 127,840 t compare
- 7 Colombia 408,944 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55,772 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Togo?
- Yams — production in Togo was 982,384 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 984,614 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 277,000 t in 1964.
- How does Togo rank for yams — production?
- Togo ranks 4th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.