World Yams production: country ranking and trends
World Yams ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)92.44M t2024
Countries60
#1Nigeria65.32M t
10-year change+42.2 %2014 → 2024
What the data show
In 2024, the sum of available national Yams production reaches 92.44M t. Nigeria ranks first with 65.32M t, about 70.7 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by +42.2 %.
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Which country produces the most Yams?
Nigeria ranks #1 for 2024 with 65.32M t.
How is the world total for Yams calculated?
Terra Cultiva sums the available national observations for the same reference year.
Are these data real time?
No. Terra Cultiva is a historical observatory based on FAOSTAT releases; the latest available year is shown on each page.
World leaders
| Rank | Country | Production | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nigeria | 65.32M t | 70.7 % |
| #2 | Ghana | 10.11M t | 10.9 % |
| #3 | Ivory Coast | 7.66M t | 8.3 % |
| #4 | Benin | 3.35M t | 3.6 % |
| #5 | Togo | 982.4k t | 1.1 % |
| #6 | India | 977.0k t | 1.1 % |
| #7 | Cameroon | 541.6k t | 0.6 % |
| #8 | Colombia | 408.9k t | 0.4 % |
| #9 | Papua New Guinea | 385.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #10 | Guinea | 326.1k t | 0.4 % |
| #11 | Brazil | 256.7k t | 0.3 % |
| #12 | Gabon | 229.9k t | 0.2 % |
| #13 | Central African Republic | 227.4k t | 0.2 % |
| #14 | Jamaica | 191.7k t | 0.2 % |
| #15 | Sudan | 173.5k t | 0.2 % |
| #16 | Japan | 165.7k t | 0.2 % |
| #17 | Senegal | 146.5k t | 0.2 % |
| #18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 127.8k t | 0.1 % |
| #19 | Mali | 116.2k t | 0.1 % |
| #20 | Sierra Leone | 87.6k t | 0.1 % |
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