Which Country Produces the Most Cassava?

Cassava Production (kt), 2022
Agriculture | May 5, 2024
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Based on a comparison of 79 countries in 2022, Nigeria ranked the highest in cassava production with 60,836 kt followed by Dem. Republic of the Congo and Thailand. On the other end of the scale was Singapore with < 0.001 kt, Maldives with 0.006 kt and Seychelles with 0.238 kt.

Total cassava production reached 330,409 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.33 % more than in the previous year and 16.6 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total cassava production reached an all time high of 330,409 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 71,253 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.55 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Nigeria, accounted for 18.4 % of cassava production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 43.5 % share while the ten largest countries some 74.4 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Cassava Production indicator page.

Cassava Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Angola kt 7,921 8,327 8,731 9,000 9,593
Brazil kt 21,036 18,502 17,877 17,593 18,198
Cambodia kt 14,176 13,817 13,750 13,513 13,757
Cameroon kt 5,167 5,322 5,659 5,676 5,780
Dem. Republic of the Congo kt 36,717 37,700 38,873 40,050 42,769
Ghana kt 17,798 19,009 20,846 22,750 24,368
India kt 4,344 4,171 4,950 4,976 6,060
Indonesia kt 20,261 19,054 16,119 16,350 16,271
Ivory Coast kt 4,548 5,367 5,608 5,877 6,444
Malawi kt 4,997 4,961 5,411 5,708 5,859
Mozambique kt 3,598 3,867 6,346 6,019 6,026
Nigeria kt 60,530 61,350 65,351 56,969 55,566
Tanzania kt 5,201 4,025 8,372 8,184 7,088
Thailand kt 31,161 30,495 29,368 31,080 28,999
Vietnam kt 10,910 10,268 9,847 10,175 10,504

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