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

0.04 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.

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

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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 Peru: Cotton yields

Cameroon

2.14 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Peru

2.1 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Cameroon rank

24th

Peru rank

26th

Cotton yields over time

Cameroon
Peru

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 2.14 tonnes per hectare against 2.1 tonnes per hectare in Peru, a difference of 0.04 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.

Cameroon ranks 24th and Peru ranks 26th of 101 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.601 tonnes per hectare	1.56 tonnes per hectare	0.9595 tonnes per hectare	Peru
1970s	0.7689 tonnes per hectare	1.74 tonnes per hectare	0.975 tonnes per hectare	Peru
1980s	1.27 tonnes per hectare	1.82 tonnes per hectare	0.5483 tonnes per hectare	Peru
1990s	1.16 tonnes per hectare	1.6 tonnes per hectare	0.4379 tonnes per hectare	Peru
2000s	1.24 tonnes per hectare	2.12 tonnes per hectare	0.8821 tonnes per hectare	Peru
2010s	1.48 tonnes per hectare	2.67 tonnes per hectare	1.19 tonnes per hectare	Peru
2020s	2.08 tonnes per hectare	2.7 tonnes per hectare	0.6181 tonnes per hectare	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cotton yields, Cameroon or Peru?: Cameroon, at 2.14 tonnes per hectare against 2.1 tonnes per hectare in Peru as of 2024.
What is the difference in cotton yields between Cameroon and Peru?: 0.04 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Peru?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Peru rank globally for cotton yields?: Cameroon ranks 24th and Peru ranks 26th 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.