Brazil vs Colombia: Yams production

Brazil
256,678 tonnes
in 2024
Colombia
408,944 tonnes
in 2024
Brazil rank
11th
Colombia rank
8th

Yams production over time

  • Brazil
  • Colombia
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922024

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 408,944 tonnes against 256,678 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 152,266 tonnes.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.6 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.

Brazil ranks 11th and Colombia ranks 8th of 63 countries.

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About this data

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

Yam production is measured in tonnes.