Cassava, fresh — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 14,262 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 14,262 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.7% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Cameroon peaked at 16,439 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,299 kg/ha, in 1963.
Cameroon ranks 37th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,321 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,310 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 5,299 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 5,302 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 5,400 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 5,398 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,403 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 5,500 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 5,501 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,503 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,601 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 5,600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,601 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,700 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 5,698 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,800 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 5,802 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,800 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,900 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 5,900 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,001 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 11,431 kg/ha | +90.5% |
| 1984 | 14,429 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1985 | 15,954 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 14,810 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 14,153 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 12,473 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1989 | 15,772 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1990 | 16,439 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 16,220 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 13,633 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 13,184 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 12,704 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 11,867 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 11,550 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 10,656 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 9,004 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 13,659 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 2000 | 13,299 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 8,192 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 2002 | 7,663 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 7,119 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 6,614 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 10,577 kg/ha | +59.9% |
| 2006 | 10,755 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 14,000 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2008 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,953 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 14,064 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 14,572 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 11,539 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2013 | 14,789 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2014 | 13,945 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 12,605 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 14,110 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 14,310 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 14,411 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14,231 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 14,379 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 13,976 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 12,652 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 12,115 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 14,262 kg/ha | +17.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 14,262 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 14,262 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +90.5% | 6,001 kg/ha | 11,431 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +59.9% | 6,614 kg/ha | 10,577 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +51.7% | 9,004 kg/ha | 13,659 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -38.4% | 13,299 kg/ha | 8,192 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +30.2% | 10,755 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +28.2% | 11,539 kg/ha | 14,789 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,382 kg/ha | 5,299 kg/ha | 5,501 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,681 kg/ha | 5,503 kg/ha | 5,802 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,682 kg/ha | 5,900 kg/ha | 15,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,892 kg/ha | 9,004 kg/ha | 16,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,617 kg/ha | 6,614 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,858 kg/ha | 11,539 kg/ha | 14,789 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,477 kg/ha | 12,115 kg/ha | 14,379 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Cameroon?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Cameroon was 14,262 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 16,439 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,299 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Cameroon rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 37th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.