Yams — Seed 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 — Seed is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 1,601 1000 t in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Philippines.
The median across all reporting countries is 3 1000 t, and the mean is 75.09 1000 t.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 100.0%).
Yams — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,601 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 2 | Cameroon | 36 1000 t | 2023 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 3 | Gabon | 22 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 6 | Colombia | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Caribbean | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Comoros | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Haiti | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 13 | Panama | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Kenya | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Belize | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Cuba | 0 1000 t | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Fiji | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Melanesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Guyana | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Portugal | 0 1000 t | 2018 | — | flat |
| 17 | Philippines | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 21,540 1000 t
- Africa 21,497 1000 t
- Western Africa 21,401 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,468 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 876 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 838 1000 t
- Middle Africa 87 1000 t
- Americas 37 1000 t
- South America 31 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 29 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 9 1000 t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 7 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.