Add to my tools

Where Yam Grows

Nigeria grew the most yam in 2024: 65.3 million tonnes, 70.7% of the world’s 92.4 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s yam.

Rice Wheat Corn (maize) Potato Mango Banana Coffee Cocoa Tea Apple Tomato Jute

Yam grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

Share of the world’s yam: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 yam producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1Nigeria 70.7%

65.3 million tonnes
2Ghana 10.9%

10.1 million tonnes
3Côte d'Ivoire 8.3%

7.7 million tonnes
4Benin 3.6%

3.4 million tonnes
5Togo 1.1%

982,384 tonnes
6India 1.1%

977,000 tonnes
7Cameroon 0.6%

541,648 tonnes
8Colombia 0.4%

408,944 tonnes
9Papua New Guinea 0.4%

385,041 tonnes
10Guinea 0.4%

326,092 tonnes

World total

92.4 million tonnes

Countries growing it

Largest producer

Nigeria

Top 3 together

89.9%

All 59 countries that grow yam

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	Nigeria	65,322,032	70.7%
2	Ghana	10,113,014	10.9%
3	Côte d'Ivoire	7,660,870	8.3%
4	Benin	3,353,473	3.6%
5	Togo	982,384	1.1%
6	India	977,000	1.1%
7	Cameroon	541,648	0.6%
8	Colombia	408,944	0.4%
9	Papua New Guinea	385,041	0.4%
10	Guinea	326,092	0.4%
11	Brazil	256,678	0.3%
12	Gabon	229,932	0.2%
13	Central African Republic	227,415	0.2%
14	Jamaica	191,667	0.2%
15	Sudan	173,485	0.2%
16	Japan	165,669	0.2%
17	Senegal	146,536	0.2%
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	127,840	0.1%
19	Mali	116,158	0.1%
20	Sierra Leone	87,620	0.1%
21	Burkina Faso	64,047	0.1%
22	Rwanda	57,419	0.1%
23	Venezuela	55,772	0.1%
24	Dominican Republic	54,514	0.1%
25	South Sudan	54,216	0.1%
26	Ethiopia	45,301	under 0.1%
27	Solomon Islands	45,058	under 0.1%
28	Vanuatu	42,060	under 0.1%
29	Comoros	30,988	under 0.1%
30	Panama	28,675	under 0.1%
31	Haiti	21,832	under 0.1%
32	Liberia	20,885	under 0.1%
33	Cuba	18,083	under 0.1%
34	Costa Rica	16,541	under 0.1%
35	Republic of the Congo	15,971	under 0.1%
36	Dominica	14,022	under 0.1%
37	Philippines	13,382	under 0.1%
38	Kenya	12,298	under 0.1%
39	Tanzania	9,375	under 0.1%
40	Fiji	5,822	under 0.1%
41	Tonga	4,678	under 0.1%
42	Mauritania	3,033	under 0.1%
43	Malaysia	2,683	under 0.1%
44	Puerto Rico	2,459	under 0.1%
45	São Tomé and Principe	2,274	under 0.1%
46	New Caledonia	1,977	under 0.1%
47	Guyana	1,779	under 0.1%
48	Burundi	945	under 0.1%
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	671	under 0.1%
50	Barbados	332	under 0.1%
51	Saint Lucia	301	under 0.1%
52	Grenada	251	under 0.1%
53	Niue	164	under 0.1%
54	Antigua and Barbuda	146	under 0.1%
55	Samoa	78	under 0.1%
56	Bhutan	56	under 0.1%
57	Belize	44	under 0.1%
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31	under 0.1%
59	French Polynesia	19	under 0.1%

Where other food grows

Grains

Fruit

Vegetables

Beans and nuts

Drinks, sugar and spices

Fibres and more

Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Yams. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most yam?

Nigeria grew the most yam in 2024: 65.3 million tonnes, 70.7% of the world’s 92.4 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 yam producing countries?

Nigeria (70.7%), Ghana (10.9%), Côte d'Ivoire (8.3%), Benin (3.6%) and Togo (1.1%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

Related tools

Visited Places Map

Colour the countries, states and provinces you’ve been to, share your map and send friends places to visit

Taste Map

The most famous dish and street food of 193 countries: tick the ones you’ve tried and colour your world map

Where Animals Live

See every country where tigers, lions, pandas, penguins, hilsa and 200 more wild animals and fish live

Public Holidays

Public and bank holidays for 33 countries, with long weekends

Currency Converter

Convert 150 currencies and 35 cryptocurrencies at today’s rate