India vs Papua New Guinea: Yams production

India
977,000 tonnes
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
385,041 tonnes
in 2024
India rank
6th
Papua New Guinea rank
9th

Yams production over time

  • India
  • Papua New Guinea
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M196119922024

How they compare

India currently reports 977,000 tonnes against 385,041 tonnes in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 591,959 tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 2.5 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

India ranks 6th 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.