Nigeria ranks number one in global yam production

Nigeria is ranked as the highest in yam production with 61,171 kt followed by Ghana and Ivory Coast, based on a comparison of 44 countries in 2022.

This is based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in 2022.

Total yam production reached 88,257 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.11 % more than in the previous year and 39.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Nigeria, accounted for 69.3 % of yam production in the world.

 List of top 10 producer of yam globally 2022: 

1. Nigeria: 61.2m tonnes

2. Ghana: 10.7m tonnes

3. Côte d’Ivoire: 7.6m tonnes

4. Benin: 3.2m tonnes

5. Togo: 985K tonnes

6. Cameroon: 543K tonnes

7. Central African Rep: 491K tonnes

8. Chad: 462K tonnes

9. Colombia: 402K tonnes

10. Papau New Guinea: 378K tonnes