Cameroon vs Senegal: Sorghum yields
Cameroon
1.62 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Senegal
1.71 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cameroon rank
55th
Senegal rank
53rd
Sorghum yields over time
- Cameroon
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 1.71 tonnes per hectare against 1.62 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon, a difference of 0.09 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 55th and Senegal ranks 53rd of 115 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8068 tonnes per hectare | 0.7686 tonnes per hectare | 0.0382 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 0.7782 tonnes per hectare | 0.8413 tonnes per hectare | 0.0631 tonnes per hectare | Senegal |
| 1980s | 0.7476 tonnes per hectare | 0.9397 tonnes per hectare | 0.1921 tonnes per hectare | Senegal |
| 1990s | 0.8664 tonnes per hectare | 0.7985 tonnes per hectare | 0.0679 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 0.8314 tonnes per hectare | 0.4958 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 0.9309 tonnes per hectare | 0.5743 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.172 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Cameroon or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 1.71 tonnes per hectare against 1.62 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Cameroon and Senegal?
- 0.09 tonnes per hectare, 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 sorghum yields?
- Cameroon ranks 55th and Senegal ranks 53rd of 115 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 Sorghum 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.