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 |