Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea: Yams production

Cameroon
541,648 tonnes
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
385,041 tonnes
in 2024
Cameroon rank
7th
Papua New Guinea rank
9th

Yams production over time

  • Cameroon
  • Papua New Guinea
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 541,648 tonnes against 385,041 tonnes in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 156,607 tonnes.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.

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

Cameroon ranks 7th and Papua New Guinea ranks 9th 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.