World ranking: Yams — Harvested area 2024
World ranking: Yams — Harvested area 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nigeria | 8.02M ha | 73.3 % |
| #2 | Ivory Coast | 1.50M ha | 13.7 % |
| #3 | Ghana | 536.5k ha | 4.9 % |
| #4 | Benin | 209.3k ha | 1.9 % |
| #5 | Togo | 109.4k ha | 1.0 % |
| #6 | Sudan | 83.2k ha | 0.8 % |
| #7 | Cameroon | 80.5k ha | 0.7 % |
| #8 | Guinea | 39.0k ha | 0.4 % |
| #9 | India | 39.0k ha | 0.4 % |
| #10 | Gabon | 37.1k ha | 0.3 % |
| #11 | Colombia | 35.1k ha | 0.3 % |
| #12 | Central African Republic | 34.9k ha | 0.3 % |
| #13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27.6k ha | 0.3 % |
| #14 | Brazil | 26.2k ha | 0.2 % |
| #15 | Papua New Guinea | 21.9k ha | 0.2 % |
| #16 | South Sudan | 21.9k ha | 0.2 % |
| #17 | Sierra Leone | 19.8k ha | 0.2 % |
| #18 | Jamaica | 10.8k ha | 0.1 % |
| #19 | Senegal | 7.8k ha | 0.1 % |
| #20 | Mali | 6.6k ha | 0.1 % |
| #21 | Japan | 6.6k ha | 0.1 % |
| #22 | Dominican Republic | 6.5k ha | 0.1 % |
| #23 | Rwanda | 6.4k ha | 0.1 % |
| #24 | Burkina Faso | 5.7k ha | 0.1 % |
| #25 | Comoros | 5.5k ha | 0.1 % |
| #26 | Venezuela | 5.3k ha | 0.0 % |
| #27 | Ethiopia | 5.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #28 | Cuba | 5.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #29 | Haiti | 4.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #30 | Solomon Islands | 4.4k ha | 0.0 % |
| #31 | Panama | 4.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #32 | Republic of the Congo | 3.4k ha | 0.0 % |
| #33 | Philippines | 2.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #34 | New Caledonia | 2.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #35 | Liberia | 2.4k ha | 0.0 % |
| #36 | Vanuatu | 2.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #37 | Tanzania | 1.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #38 | Kenya | 1.4k ha | 0.0 % |
| #39 | Costa Rica | 1.3k ha | 0.0 % |
| #40 | Dominica | 938 ha | 0.0 % |
| #41 | Mauritania | 485 ha | 0.0 % |
| #42 | Puerto Rico | 413 ha | 0.0 % |
| #43 | Malaysia | 396 ha | 0.0 % |
| #44 | Sao Tome and Principe | 392 ha | 0.0 % |
| #45 | Tonga | 352 ha | 0.0 % |
| #46 | Fiji | 291 ha | 0.0 % |
| #47 | Niue | 143 ha | 0.0 % |
| #48 | Burundi | 73 ha | 0.0 % |
| #49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54 ha | 0.0 % |
| #50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44 ha | 0.0 % |
| #51 | Guyana | 40 ha | 0.0 % |
| #52 | Barbados | 27 ha | 0.0 % |
| #53 | Samoa | 27 ha | 0.0 % |
| #54 | Saint Lucia | 20 ha | 0.0 % |
| #55 | Grenada | 18 ha | 0.0 % |
| #56 | Bhutan | 17 ha | 0.0 % |
| #57 | Belize | 10 ha | 0.0 % |
| #58 | French Polynesia | 9.0 ha | 0.0 % |
| #59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.0 ha | 0.0 % |
| #60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0 ha | 0.0 % |