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Which Country Produces the Most Yam?

Yam Production (kt), 2022
Agriculture | December 17, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 44 countries in 2022, Nigeria ranked the highest in yam production with 61,171 kt followed by Ghana and Ivory Coast. On the other end of the scale was Trinidad and Tobago with 0.015 kt, Belize with 0.048 kt and Bhutan with 0.055 kt.

Total yam production reached 88,257 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.11 % more than in the previous year and 39.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total yam production reached an all time high of 88,257 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 8,314 kt in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 3.95 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Nigeria, accounted for 69.3 % of yam production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 90.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 97.4 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Yam Production indicator page.

Yam Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Benin kt 3,041 3,244 2,945 3,366 3,150
Brazil kt 250 251 252 253 252
Cameroon kt 618 601 588 514 519
Central African Republic kt 483 489 496 490 492
Chad kt 450 461 468 460 463
Colombia kt 408 365 358 409 424
Gabon kt 220 224 228 224 225
Ghana kt 7,440 7,857 7,858 8,754 8,946
Guinea kt 126 85.5 188 224 269
Ivory Coast kt 6,895 7,148 7,391 7,450 7,655
Jamaica kt 156 144 149 165 165
Japan kt 146 159 157 173 171
Nigeria kt 48,983 49,519 55,364 52,915 56,346
Papua New Guinea kt 370 376 383 376 378
Togo kt 814 827 859 874 941

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