Yams — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) by country
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What the numbers show
Yams — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 10.62 million LCU in Guinea; the lowest is 400 LCU in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 13,430 LCU, and the mean is 538,835 LCU.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26,545.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 3,709.8%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 23.5%).
Yams — Producer Price: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea | 10.62 million LCU | 2022 | up 3,709.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Colombia | 2.82 million LCU | 2025 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 1.00 million LCU | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Rwanda | 810,467 LCU | 2024 | up 224.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Burundi | 603,000 LCU | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 6 | New Caledonia | 600,000 LCU | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 7 | Mali | 499,920 LCU | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 8 | Jamaica | 485,531 LCU | 2024 | up 293.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Congo | 396,000 LCU | 2009 | up 341.6% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 367,750 LCU | 2012 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 11 | Benin | 362,964 LCU | 2024 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 305,100 LCU | 2024 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 13 | Togo | 264,000 LCU | 2022 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 14 | Guyana | 242,000 LCU | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 193,043 LCU | 2020 | up 347.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 120,937 LCU | 2007 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 68,941 LCU | 2025 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 67,412 LCU | 2025 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Tonga | 13,430 LCU | 2025 | up 188.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13,200 LCU | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10,841 LCU | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8,818 LCU | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 8,306 LCU | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 24 | Barbados | 7,883 LCU | 2022 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 25 | Samoa | 7,348 LCU | 2025 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 26 | Malaysia | 6,000 LCU | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,512 LCU | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 28 | Grenada | 4,799 LCU | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 29 | Ghana | 4,280 LCU | 2022 | up 477.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Fiji | 3,845 LCU | 2024 | up 327.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,321 LCU | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 32 | Cuba | 2,826 LCU | 2017 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 2,070 LCU | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 34 | Belize | 1,764 LCU | 2024 | — | rising |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 1,609 LCU | 2015 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 36 | Panama | 1,566 LCU | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 400 LCU | 2002 | down 23.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 252,730 LCU
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,940 LCU
- Côte d'Ivoire 179,000 LCU
About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.