Cameroon vs Nigeria: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Cameroon
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 8,149 kg/ha against 6,728 kg/ha in Cameroon, a difference of 1,421 kg/ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Cameroon ranks 42nd and Nigeria ranks 39th of 67 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,919 kg/ha | 8,586 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 4,427 kg/ha | 9,803 kg/ha | 5,376 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 3,822 kg/ha | 7,105 kg/ha | 3,283 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 6,732 kg/ha | 10,696 kg/ha | 3,964 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 9,798 kg/ha | 10,694 kg/ha | 895.78 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 9,842 kg/ha | 8,755 kg/ha | 1,087 kg/ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 7,174 kg/ha | 8,083 kg/ha | 908.84 kg/ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Cameroon or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 8,149 kg/ha against 6,728 kg/ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Cameroon and Nigeria?
- 1,421 kg/ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Nigeria rank globally for yams — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd and Nigeria ranks 39th of 67 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Yield. 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.