Avocados — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Avocados — Yield was 4,472 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — yield in Cameroon is 4,472 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Cameroon peaked at 4,966 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,875 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Cameroon 60th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,600 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 2,364 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 2,546 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 2,333 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 2,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,462 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 2,286 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 2,267 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 2,400 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 2,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 1,875 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 1,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,561 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,619 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 2,674 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 2,727 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,778 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 2,826 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 2,903 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 2,979 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 3,053 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 3,093 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 3,299 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 3,367 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 3,434 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 3,500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 3,801 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 3,869 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 4,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,014 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 4,015 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 3,929 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 3,926 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,929 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 3,913 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,944 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 4,215 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 4,966 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 4,564 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 4,383 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 4,424 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 4,456 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 4,487 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,522 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 4,554 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,569 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,460 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 4,503 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 4,496 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,472 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 4,472 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,225 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 4,472 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,142 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +33.3% | 1,875 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
| 1973 | -25.0% | 2,500 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,443 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 2,600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,377 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha | 2,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,046 kg/ha | 2,727 kg/ha | 3,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,917 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,972 kg/ha | 3,913 kg/ha | 4,015 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,451 kg/ha | 3,944 kg/ha | 4,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,500 kg/ha | 4,460 kg/ha | 4,569 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 57 South Africa 5,082 kg/ha compare
- 58 Barbados 4,854 kg/ha compare
- 59 Ghana 4,532 kg/ha compare
- 61 Cook Islands 4,240 kg/ha compare
- 62 Martinique 4,200 kg/ha compare
- 63 Honduras 3,908 kg/ha 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 avocados — yield in Cameroon?
- Avocados — yield in Cameroon was 4,472 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,966 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,875 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Cameroon rank for avocados — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 60th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.