Cassava Production Data Across Africa

Nigeria is the largest producer of Cassava in this dataset, at 62,624.9 thousand tonnes in the most recent year on record, across 15 producing countries tracked.

CountryLatest Production (K tonnes)
Nigeria62,624.9
DR Congo46,558
Ghana27,917.8
Angola11,930.6
Tanzania10,532
Mozambique8,522.8
Ivory Coast8,485.7
Cameroon6,658.5
Malawi6,278.9
Benin4,448.4
Zambia3,127.8
Guinea3,081
Sierra Leone2,855.4
Burundi2,675.8
Madagascar2,573.5

Source: FAOSTAT and World Bank, via Afrixplorer. Last updated 2026-09-15.