Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Yams production

Guinea
326,092 tonnes
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
385,041 tonnes
in 2024
Guinea rank
10th
Papua New Guinea rank
9th

Yams production over time

  • Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 385,041 tonnes against 326,092 tonnes in Guinea, a difference of 58,949 tonnes.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 10th 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
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Yam production is measured in tonnes.