What is the difference in cotton yields between Cameroon and Italy?

0.01 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Italy?

30 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1990.

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 Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Italy: Cotton yields

Cameroon

2.14 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Italy

2.13 tonnes per hectare

in 1990

Cameroon rank

24th

Italy rank

25th

Cotton yields over time

Cameroon
Italy

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 2.14 tonnes per hectare against 2.13 tonnes per hectare in Italy, a difference of 0.01 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Cameroon ranks 24th and Italy ranks 25th of 101 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.601 tonnes per hectare	0.701 tonnes per hectare	0.1 tonnes per hectare	Italy
1970s	0.7689 tonnes per hectare	0.5175 tonnes per hectare	0.2514 tonnes per hectare	Cameroon
1980s	1.27 tonnes per hectare	0.6552 tonnes per hectare	0.6138 tonnes per hectare	Cameroon
1990s	1.21 tonnes per hectare	2.13 tonnes per hectare	0.9202 tonnes per hectare	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cotton yields, Cameroon or Italy?: Cameroon, at 2.14 tonnes per hectare against 2.13 tonnes per hectare in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in cotton yields between Cameroon and Italy?: 0.01 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Italy?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1990.
How do Cameroon and Italy rank globally for cotton yields?: Cameroon ranks 24th and Italy ranks 25th of 101 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 Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cotton yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
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: 101 places, 5,475 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.