World Data Atlas Topics Agriculture

Yams

Macro Region (t)
Africa 86,584,714.72 in 2022 FAO + 1 other
South America 699,582.73 in 2022 FAO + 1 other
Oceania 434,588.68 in 2022 FAO + 1 other
Asia 195,492.15 in 2022 FAO + 1 other
Europe 2,327.64 in 2017 FAO + 1 other
Central America and the Caribbean 122 timeseries
Southeast Asia 16 timeseries
Country (t in 2022)

Nigeria is the top country by yams in the world. As of 2022, yams in Nigeria was 61.2 million t that accounts for 69.31% of the world's yams. The top 5 countries (others are Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, and Togo) account for 94.83% of it. The world's total yams was estimated at 88.3 million t in 2022.

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Nigeria 61,171,001.25 FAO + 1 other
Ghana 10,717,606.12 FAO + 1 other
Côte d'Ivoire 7,600,000 FAO + 1 other
Benin 3,214,889.14 FAO + 1 other
Togo 984,614 FAO + 1 other
Cameroon 543,280.89 FAO + 1 other
Central African Republic 491,254.26 FAO + 1 other
Chad 462,046.01 FAO + 1 other
Colombia 402,358.18 FAO + 1 other
Papua New Guinea 377,962.71 FAO + 1 other
Guinea 365,171.71 FAO + 1 other
Brazil 253,027.63 FAO + 1 other
Gabon 225,147.94 FAO + 1 other
Jamaica 207,483 FAO + 1 other
Japan 175,089.89 FAO + 1 other
Sudan 169,581.61 FAO + 1 other
Democratic Republic of the Congo 121,325 FAO + 1 other
Mali 113,496 FAO + 1 other
Senegal 108,698.96 FAO + 1 other
Burkina Faso 62,661.86 FAO + 1 other
Rwanda 55,386.84 FAO + 1 other
South Sudan 52,463.28 FAO + 1 other
Solomon Islands 44,707.63 FAO + 1 other
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 42,290.42 FAO + 1 other
Dominican Republic 37,078.85 FAO + 1 other
Ethiopia 33,484.13 FAO + 1 other
Comoros 30,897.51 FAO + 1 other
Haiti 24,046.04 FAO + 1 other
Panama 22,642.31 FAO + 1 other
Liberia 20,436.52 FAO + 1 other
Cuba 15,784 FAO + 1 other
Costa Rica 15,630.84 FAO + 1 other
Congo 15,612.01 FAO + 1 other
Dominica 13,992.21 FAO + 1 other
Philippines 13,534.87 FAO + 1 other
United Republic of Tanzania 9,464 FAO + 1 other
Malaysia 6,812 FAO + 1 other
Kenya 6,000 FAO + 1 other
Burundi 4,921.7 FAO + 1 other
Fiji 4,832.36 FAO + 1 other
Tonga 4,752.44 FAO + 1 other
Mauritania 2,986.56 FAO + 1 other
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,367.74 FAO + 1 other
Portugal 2,327.64 in 2017 FAO + 1 other
Sao Tome and Principe 2,287.43 FAO + 1 other
Guyana 1,906.5 FAO + 1 other
Puerto Rico 1,095.58 FAO + 1 other
Nicaragua 1,000 FAO + 1 other
Barbados 989 FAO + 1 other
Saint Lucia 416 FAO + 1 other
Samoa 190 FAO + 1 other
Antigua and Barbuda 140.45 FAO + 1 other
Bhutan 55.4 FAO + 1 other
Saint Kitts and Nevis 52 FAO + 1 other
Belize 48 FAO + 1 other
Trinidad and Tobago 15 FAO + 1 other
Germany 0 in 2017 FAO
Grenada 0 FAO + 1 other
United States of America 3 timeseries
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Cereals 1245 timeseries
Cocoa Beans 416 timeseries
Fibre Crops 417 timeseries
Fruits 596 timeseries
Oilcrops 576 timeseries
Olives 397 timeseries
Other Bastfibres 87 timeseries
Palm Oil 71 timeseries
Pulses 531 timeseries
Pyrethrum,Dried 47 timeseries
Rapeseed 11,912 Ha in 2022 FAO + 1 other
Seed cotton 321 timeseries
Sisal 89 timeseries
Sorghum 862 timeseries
Sugar Beet 500 timeseries
Sugar Cane 741 timeseries
Taro (cocoyam) 176 timeseries
Tobacco 172 timeseries
Triticale 330 timeseries
Vegetables 594 timeseries
Yams 417 timeseries
Yautia (cocoyam) 50 timeseries
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