Yams — Production by country
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What the numbers show
Yams — Production is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 61,922 1000 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Barbados.
The median across all reporting countries is 21 1000 t, and the mean is 2,052 1000 t.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 675.0%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 100.0%).
Yams — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 61,922 1000 t | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 2 | Ghana | 10,511 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7,967 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,967 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 5 | Cameroon | 542 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 6 | Melanesia | 479 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 413 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 410 1000 t | 2023 | up 213.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 384 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Caribbean | 295 1000 t | 2023 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 11 | Brazil | 254 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 12 | Gabon | 230 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 13 | Jamaica | 195 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 14 | Senegal | 126 1000 t | 2023 | up 350.0% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 125 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 64 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 17 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 18 | Rwanda | 55 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 46 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 45 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Comoros | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 675.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Cuba | 21 1000 t | 2019 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Liberia | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 27 | Panama | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 28 | Congo | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 29 | Philippines | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 30 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 31 | Fiji | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 31 | Kenya | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 33 | Polynesia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 33 | Tonga | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 35 | Mauritania | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Guyana | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | New Caledonia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 2 1000 t | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Grenada | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Samoa | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Barbados | 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 89,079 1000 t
- Africa 87,362 1000 t
- Western Africa 85,375 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 14,772 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6,754 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6,235 1000 t
- Middle Africa 1,611 1000 t
- Americas 1,055 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 976 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 814 1000 t
- South America 724 1000 t
- Oceania 484 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 205 1000 t
- Asia 177 1000 t
- Northern Africa 172 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 161 1000 t
- Central America 36 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 16 1000 t
- Southern Europe 2 1000 t
- European Union (27) 2 1000 t
- Europe 2 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.