Beans, dry — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,293 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — yield in Cameroon is 1,293 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,582 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Cameroon 58th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 420 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 420 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 488.9 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1965 | 455.6 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1966 | 444.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 410.1 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 426.6 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 448.2 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 436.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 513.7 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1972 | 525.9 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 601.5 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 584.2 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 590.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 615.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 615.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 620.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 625 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 636.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 645.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 660.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 602.1 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 538.1 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 694.4 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1986 | 724.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 599.2 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1988 | 620.8 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 737 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1990 | 750.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 800 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 818.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 833.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 846.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 857.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 866.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 875 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 882.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 858.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 854.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 837.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 877.9 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 881.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 884.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,138 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 1,166 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1,300 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,342 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 1,237 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 1,020 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 1,582 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 2013 | 1,342 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 1,269 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 1,264 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,296 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,208 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 1,232 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,227 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,220 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,270 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 1,304 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,288 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,293 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,293 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.55 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,293 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 699.55 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +55.1% | 1,020 kg/ha | 1,582 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +29.0% | 538.1 kg/ha | 694.4 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +28.6% | 884.8 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 434.87 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 488.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 572.95 kg/ha | 436.6 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 645.77 kg/ha | 538.1 kg/ha | 737 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 838.76 kg/ha | 750.4 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,058 kg/ha | 837.8 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,268 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 1,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,275 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 1,304 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 beans, dry — yield in Cameroon?
- Beans, dry — yield in Cameroon was 1,293 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,582 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 58th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.