Kenya vs Tanzania: Yams production

Kenya
12,298 tonnes
in 2024
Tanzania
9,375 tonnes
in 2024
Kenya rank
37th
Tanzania rank
38th

Yams production over time

  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 12,298 tonnes against 9,375 tonnes in Tanzania, a difference of 2,923 tonnes.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.3 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Tanzania ahead.

Kenya ranks 37th and Tanzania ranks 38th 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.