Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea: Groundnut yields

Cameroon
1 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.03 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cameroon rank
76th
Papua New Guinea rank
74th

Groundnut yields over time

  • Cameroon
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.03 tonnes per hectare against 1 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Cameroon ranks 76th and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th of 119 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8489 tonnes per hectare 0.9186 tonnes per hectare 0.0697 tonnes per hectare Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.7101 tonnes per hectare 0.8883 tonnes per hectare 0.1782 tonnes per hectare Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.3402 tonnes per hectare 1 tonnes per hectare 0.6598 tonnes per hectare Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.4071 tonnes per hectare 0.8995 tonnes per hectare 0.4924 tonnes per hectare Papua New Guinea
2000s 1.17 tonnes per hectare 0.9903 tonnes per hectare 0.1768 tonnes per hectare Cameroon
2010s 1.34 tonnes per hectare 1.03 tonnes per hectare 0.3086 tonnes per hectare Cameroon
2020s 1.11 tonnes per hectare 1.03 tonnes per hectare 0.0801 tonnes per hectare Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher groundnut yields, Cameroon or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 1.03 tonnes per hectare against 1 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in groundnut yields between Cameroon and Papua New Guinea?
0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Papua New Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for groundnut yields?
Cameroon ranks 76th and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th of 119 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 Groundnut yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Groundnut 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
120 places, 6,722 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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