Bananas — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Bananas — Yield was 12,980 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 12,980 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Cameroon peaked at 25,415 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 7,257 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Cameroon 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,420 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,685 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 15,778 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 16,111 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 16,875 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 16,250 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 15,556 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 16,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 17,273 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 18,182 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 21,818 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 21,667 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 20,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 21,875 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 22,222 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 21,028 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 21,008 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 20,992 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 21,001 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21,002 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 25,000 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 25,415 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 21,785 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 20,055 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 21,574 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 13,551 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 1989 | 11,948 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 21,100 kg/ha | +76.6% |
| 1991 | 20,000 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 18,889 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 18,000 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 17,273 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 16,480 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 15,809 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 15,385 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 13,971 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 9,391 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2000 | 7,257 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2001 | 9,522 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2002 | 8,952 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 9,326 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 9,715 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 9,626 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 9,864 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 17,000 kg/ha | +72.3% |
| 2008 | 17,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17,014 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 17,296 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 12,244 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2012 | 13,668 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 14,000 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 16,082 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 15,934 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 15,457 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 15,210 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 15,774 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 15,821 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 15,903 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 15,626 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 14,119 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 13,491 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 12,980 kg/ha | -3.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 12,980 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 12,980 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +76.6% | 11,948 kg/ha | 21,100 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +72.3% | 9,864 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -37.2% | 21,574 kg/ha | 13,551 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,964 kg/ha | 15,420 kg/ha | 16,875 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,325 kg/ha | 17,273 kg/ha | 22,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,232 kg/ha | 11,948 kg/ha | 25,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,630 kg/ha | 9,391 kg/ha | 21,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,528 kg/ha | 7,257 kg/ha | 17,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,149 kg/ha | 12,244 kg/ha | 17,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,424 kg/ha | 12,980 kg/ha | 15,903 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — yield in Cameroon?
- Bananas — yield in Cameroon was 12,980 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 25,415 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,257 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for bananas — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.