Cameroon vs Senegal: Cereal production

Cameroon
3.85 million tonnes
in 2024
Senegal
3.91 million tonnes
in 2024
Cameroon rank
70th
Senegal rank
69th

Cereal production over time

  • Cameroon
  • Senegal
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922024

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 3.91 million tonnes against 3.85 million tonnes in Cameroon, a difference of 68,280 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 70th and Senegal ranks 69th of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Senegal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Senegal Difference Ahead
1960s 694,410 tonnes 658,560 tonnes 35,850 tonnes Cameroon
1970s 848,835 tonnes 695,482 tonnes 153,353 tonnes Cameroon
1980s 861,587 tonnes 902,267 tonnes 40,680 tonnes Senegal
1990s 1.11 million tonnes 1.02 million tonnes 94,559 tonnes Cameroon
2000s 1.90 million tonnes 1.21 million tonnes 693,059 tonnes Cameroon
2010s 3.48 million tonnes 1.95 million tonnes 1.53 million tonnes Cameroon
2020s 3.76 million tonnes 3.75 million tonnes 4,618 tonnes Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal production, Cameroon or Senegal?
Senegal, at 3.91 million tonnes against 3.85 million tonnes in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal production between Cameroon and Senegal?
68,280 tonnes, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Senegal?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Senegal rank globally for cereal production?
Cameroon ranks 70th and Senegal ranks 69th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereal production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 10,584 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains.