World ranking: Yams — Production 2024
World ranking: Yams — Production 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | 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 % |
| #21 | Burkina Faso | 64.0k t | 0.1 % |
| #22 | Rwanda | 57.4k t | 0.1 % |
| #23 | Venezuela | 55.8k t | 0.1 % |
| #24 | Dominican Republic | 54.5k t | 0.1 % |
| #25 | South Sudan | 54.2k t | 0.1 % |
| #26 | Ethiopia | 45.3k t | 0.0 % |
| #27 | Solomon Islands | 45.1k t | 0.0 % |
| #28 | Vanuatu | 42.1k t | 0.0 % |
| #29 | Comoros | 31.0k t | 0.0 % |
| #30 | Panama | 28.7k t | 0.0 % |
| #31 | Haiti | 21.8k t | 0.0 % |
| #32 | Liberia | 20.9k t | 0.0 % |
| #33 | Cuba | 18.1k t | 0.0 % |
| #34 | Costa Rica | 16.5k t | 0.0 % |
| #35 | Republic of the Congo | 16.0k t | 0.0 % |
| #36 | Dominica | 14.0k t | 0.0 % |
| #37 | Philippines | 13.4k t | 0.0 % |
| #38 | Kenya | 12.3k t | 0.0 % |
| #39 | Tanzania | 9.4k t | 0.0 % |
| #40 | Fiji | 5.8k t | 0.0 % |
| #41 | Tonga | 4.7k t | 0.0 % |
| #42 | Mauritania | 3.0k t | 0.0 % |
| #43 | Malaysia | 2.7k t | 0.0 % |
| #44 | Puerto Rico | 2.5k t | 0.0 % |
| #45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.3k t | 0.0 % |
| #46 | New Caledonia | 2.0k t | 0.0 % |
| #47 | Guyana | 1.8k t | 0.0 % |
| #48 | Burundi | 945 t | 0.0 % |
| #49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 671 t | 0.0 % |
| #50 | Barbados | 332 t | 0.0 % |
| #51 | Saint Lucia | 301 t | 0.0 % |
| #52 | Grenada | 251 t | 0.0 % |
| #53 | Niue | 164 t | 0.0 % |
| #54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 146 t | 0.0 % |
| #55 | Samoa | 78 t | 0.0 % |
| #56 | Bhutan | 56 t | 0.0 % |
| #57 | Belize | 44 t | 0.0 % |
| #58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 t | 0.0 % |
| #59 | French Polynesia | 19 t | 0.0 % |
| #60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.00 t | 0.0 % |