Cereals, primary — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,770 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Cameroon stood at 1,770 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,893 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 757.5 kg/ha, in 1962.
Cameroon ranks 128th of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 863.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 757.5 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 775.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 781.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 768.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 821 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 760 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 768.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 838.6 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 798.8 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 804.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 820.2 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 770.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 881.9 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 1,058 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1976 | 865.9 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 862.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 836.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 817.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 864.3 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 865 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 890.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 895.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 1,077 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1985 | 1,154 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 1,382 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1987 | 1,228 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 1,166 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 1,118 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 1,259 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 1,179 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 1,072 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 959.3 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 968.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,172 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1996 | 1,344 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 1,400 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1,413 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,893 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2000 | 1,764 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 1,709 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,683 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 1,620 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 1,563 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,670 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 1,700 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 1,676 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,678 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,723 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1,649 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 1,710 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 1,592 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 1,676 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 1,630 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,615 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,578 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 1,711 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 1,826 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 1,850 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,671 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 1,727 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1,694 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,770 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 1,770 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,770 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,770 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 792.78 kg/ha | 757.5 kg/ha | 863.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 851.7 kg/ha | 770.7 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,064 kg/ha | 864.3 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,266 kg/ha | 959.3 kg/ha | 1,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,679 kg/ha | 1,563 kg/ha | 1,764 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,684 kg/ha | 1,578 kg/ha | 1,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,726 kg/ha | 1,671 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 125 Malawi 1,878 kg/ha compare
- 126 Solomon Islands 1,866 kg/ha compare
- 127 Rwanda 1,784 kg/ha compare
- 129 Comoros 1,718 kg/ha compare
- 130 Turkmenistan 1,712 kg/ha compare
- 131 French Guiana 1,698 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 cereals, primary — yield in Cameroon?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Cameroon was 1,770 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,893 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 757.5 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 128th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.