Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon
Cameroon: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 16.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 16.8% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.7% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon peaked at 33.6% in 1977 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 2006.
Cameroon ranks 45th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 32.7% | — |
| 1966 | 31.9% | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 31.1% | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 31.5% | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 30.7% | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 31.4% | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 31.0% | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 32.0% | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 30.8% | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 29.5% | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 29.1% | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 27.6% | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 33.6% | +21.9% |
| 1978 | 31.4% | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 30.8% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 28.7% | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 27.2% | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 27.0% | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 23.2% | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 22.0% | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 20.6% | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 21.6% | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 24.0% | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 23.9% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 25.5% | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 24.0% | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 24.3% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 26.6% | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 18.2% | -31.4% |
| 1994 | 19.6% | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 19.1% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 18.3% | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 19.0% | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 19.0% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 19.0% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 18.1% | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 18.6% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 18.3% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 17.5% | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 17.6% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 15.6% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 15.9% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 16.0% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 17.3% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 16.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 17.5% | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 17.1% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 18.5% | +8.0% |
| 2025 | 16.8% | -8.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 16.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.6%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 16.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.8%, 81% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -31.4% | 26.6% | 18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.6% | 30.7% | 32.7% | 5 |
| 1970s | 30.7% | 27.6% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.4% | 20.6% | 28.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.7% | 18.2% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 15.6% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 16.5% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 16.5% | 18.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 42 Tonga 18.6% compare
- 43 Senegal 17.1% compare
- 44 Papua New Guinea 17.0% compare
- 46 Côte d'Ivoire 16.8% compare
- 47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.6% compare
- 48 Uzbekistan 16.6% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Cameroon was 16.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 33.6% in 1977.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 2006.
- How does Cameroon rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Cameroon ranks 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.