Cassava: Production
How Africa came to grow a crop from the Americas
What this tab covers Who produces it and how much: world output over recent years, the top producing countries with their shares, USGS world figures for 2024 and 2025, and the largest producing companies globally and in India.FAOSTAT records 342 million tonnes of fresh cassava in 2024, more than double the 152 million of 1990 and up from 310 million in 2020. Nigeria grew 18.3%, the Democratic Republic of Congo 13.6%, Thailand 8.4%, Ghana 8.2%, Brazil 5.6% and Indonesia 4.6%. The HHI of 797 makes it one of the least concentrated crops. Two systems coexist. In Africa, cassava is mainly a subsistence and local-market food. In Southeast Asia, it is an industrial cash crop feeding starch mills and the export chip trade.
Cassava, fresh · FAOSTAT
Chart: World production of Cassava, fresh
World production, tonnes. Hover for values.Top producers 2024
Nigeria 18.3% DR Congo 13.6% Thailand 8.4% Ghana 8.2% Brazil 5.6% Indonesia 4.6% Cambodia 4.2% Angola 3.5% Concentration: HHI 797, unconcentrated.Largest producers by company, global
Company volumes are not published on a comparable basis.
Largest producers by company, India
India grew 6.28 Mt of cassava on 0.18 Mha in 2024 at 35.6 t/ha (FAOSTAT), mostly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The Salem region makes over 80% of India's sago (InsightsIAS 2026). India trades little: 6.3 kt of exports worth $5 million in 2024 (UN Comtrade HS 071410).