Jamaica vs Japan: Yams production

Jamaica
191,667 tonnes
in 2024
Japan
165,669 tonnes
in 2024
Jamaica rank
15th
Japan rank
17th

Yams production over time

  • Jamaica
  • Japan
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k196119922024

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 191,667 tonnes against 165,669 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 25,998 tonnes.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Jamaica ranks 15th and Japan ranks 17th 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.