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Yam Production by Country

Based on a comparison of 44 countries in 2014, Nigeria ranked the highest in yam production with 45,004 kt followed by Ghana and Ivory Coast. On the other end of the scale was Cayman Islands with 0.026 kt, Trinidad and Tobago with 0.103 kt and Belize with 0.104 kt.

Total yam production reached 53,485 kt in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 17.9 % less than in the previous year and 12.2 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total yam production reached an all time high of 63,051 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 8,314 kt in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 3.57 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Nigeria, accounted for 84.1 % of yam production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 108 % share while the ten largest countries some 122 % in 2014.

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Countries	Unit	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Belize	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																				0.091	0.065	0.091	0.095	0.044
Benin	kt																																																2,527	2,371	2,624	2,735	2,811
Brazil	kt																																																246	246	247	246	246
Burkina Faso	kt																																																42.3	80.9	97.6	99.7	113
Burundi	kt																																																9.90	9.90	9.92	9.90	6.31
Cameroon	kt																																																400	467	500	517	538
Cayman Islands	kt	...	...	...	...	...																																											0.015	0.024	0.028	0.026	0.026
Central African Republic	kt																																																387	394	435	447	460
Chad	kt																																																325	330	359	400	420
Colombia	kt																																																266	381	394	397	345
Comoros	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																			4.36	4.46	4.85	4.51	4.22
Congo	kt																																																12.9	13.5	13.7	14.3	14.2
Costa Rica	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																				25.2	28.7	29.6	29.6	29.6
Cuba	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																	242	335	395	350	366
Dem. Republic of the Congo	kt																																																88.1	89.1	90.2	91.3	95.2
Dominican Republic	kt																																																28.9	27.5	27.7	28.2	28.6
Ethiopia	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																228	406	340	315	1,118
European Union	kt																																																2.70	2.07	1.83	1.86	1.90
Fiji	kt																																																4.03	1.22	1.70	5.93	5.89
Gabon	kt																																																185	188	190	195	200
Ghana	kt																																																4,895	5,778	5,960	6,295	6,639
Guinea	kt																																																27.4	93.2	103	77.9	122
Guyana	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...												1.21	1.08	0.799	0.258	0.293
Haiti	kt																																																235	293	340	327	298
Ivory Coast	kt																																																5,945	5,313	5,392	5,532	5,675
Jamaica	kt																																																102	125	137	135	145
Japan	kt																																																181	167	173	166	166
Kenya	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																				6.12	3.98	8.04	9.64	10.1
Liberia	kt																																																20.5	20.1	19.5	21.0	21.5
Mali	kt																																																67.1	65.4	90.1	89.6	82.9
Mauritania	kt																																																2.85	2.84	2.85	2.86	3.00
Nicaragua	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Nigeria	kt																																																35,017	29,092	37,328	33,134	32,319
Panama	kt																																																23.8	26.1	21.8	22.4	23.6
Papua New Guinea	kt																																																314	322	325	340	345
Philippines	kt																																																24.2	22.6	21.9	17.8	15.8
Portugal	kt																																																2.70	2.46	2.35	2.28	1.90
Puerto Rico	kt																																																2.62	3.42	3.93	3.59	3.60
Rwanda	kt																																																14.5	15.2	20.7	18.7	42.5
South Sudan	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	43.0
Sudan	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	150
Tanzania	kt																																																8.94	9.39	9.75	9.80	10.0
Togo	kt																																																648	704	710	728	864
Trinidad and Tobago	kt																																																0.013	0.028	0.018	0.078	0.033
Venezuela	kt																																																91.7	90.9	94.0	104	70.5
World	kt																																																52,903	47,701	56,723	53,132	53,839

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