Chad vs Papua New Guinea: Yams production

Chad

240,000 tonnes

in 1990

Papua New Guinea

385,041 tonnes

in 2024

Chad rank

12th

Papua New Guinea rank

9th

Yams production over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 385,041 tonnes against 240,000 tonnes in Chad, a difference of 145,041 tonnes.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Chad ranks 12th and Papua New Guinea ranks 9th of 63 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Yam production is measured in tonnes.