Cameroon vs Spain: Cotton yields
Cameroon
2.14 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
2.23 tonnes per hectare
in 2022
Cameroon rank
24th
Spain rank
23rd
Cotton yields over time
- Cameroon
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2.23 tonnes per hectare against 2.14 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon, a difference of 0.09 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Cameroon ranks 24th and Spain ranks 23rd of 101 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.601 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.6063 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.7689 tonnes per hectare | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2.98 tonnes per hectare | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 3.26 tonnes per hectare | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2000s | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2020s | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 2.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.7708 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cotton yields, Cameroon or Spain?
- Spain, at 2.23 tonnes per hectare against 2.14 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon as of 2022.
- What is the difference in cotton yields between Cameroon and Spain?
- 0.09 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Spain?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Cameroon and Spain rank globally for cotton yields?
- Cameroon ranks 24th and Spain ranks 23rd 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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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.