Benin vs Cameroon: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Cameroon
How they compare
Benin currently reports 209,313 ha against 80,505 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 128,808 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 2.6 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 4th and Cameroon ranks 7th of 67 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 6 and Cameroon in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59,406 ha | 40,676 ha | 18,730 ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 55,197 ha | 61,224 ha | 6,027 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 80,847 ha | 36,396 ha | 44,450 ha | Benin |
| 1990s | 119,711 ha | 21,469 ha | 98,242 ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 165,066 ha | 34,054 ha | 131,011 ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 208,800 ha | 58,339 ha | 150,461 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 249,580 ha | 74,288 ha | 175,292 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Benin or Cameroon?
- Benin, at 209,313 ha against 80,505 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Benin and Cameroon?
- 128,808 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Cameroon?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Cameroon rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 4th and Cameroon ranks 7th of 67 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.