What is the difference in yams production between Brazil and Central African Republic?

29,263 tonnes, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Central African Republic?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yams production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Central African Republic: Yams production

Brazil

256,678 tonnes

in 2024

Central African Republic

227,415 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

11th

Central African Republic rank

14th

Yams production over time

Brazil
Central African Republic

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 256,678 tonnes against 227,415 tonnes in Central African Republic, a difference of 29,263 tonnes.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Brazil ranks 11th and Central African Republic ranks 14th of 63 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Central African Republic in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Central African Republic	Difference	Ahead
1960s	101,778 tonnes	121,111 tonnes	19,333 tonnes	Central African Republic
1970s	147,300 tonnes	143,000 tonnes	4,300 tonnes	Brazil
1980s	202,600 tonnes	177,000 tonnes	25,600 tonnes	Brazil
1990s	221,938 tonnes	215,157 tonnes	6,781 tonnes	Brazil
2000s	238,476 tonnes	215,507 tonnes	22,969 tonnes	Brazil
2010s	248,583 tonnes	221,629 tonnes	26,954 tonnes	Brazil
2020s	255,296 tonnes	226,179 tonnes	29,116 tonnes	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yams production, Brazil or Central African Republic?: Brazil, at 256,678 tonnes against 227,415 tonnes in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in yams production between Brazil and Central African Republic?: 29,263 tonnes, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Central African Republic?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Central African Republic rank globally for yams production?: Brazil ranks 11th and Central African Republic ranks 14th of 63 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yams production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yams production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 63 places, 3,316 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yam production is measured in tonnes.