Chicken meat yield per animal in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chicken meat yield per animal was 1.25 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chicken meat yield per animal in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
In 2024, chicken meat yield per animal in Cameroon stood at 1.25 kilograms per animal.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yield per animal in Cameroon peaked at 1.3 kilograms per animal in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8 kilograms per animal, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 108th of 198 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 1.3 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 kilograms per animal | 1.1 kilograms per animal | 1.25 kilograms per animal | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 105 Azerbaijan 1.28 kilograms per animal compare
- 107 Switzerland 1.26 kilograms per animal compare
- 109 El Salvador 1.25 kilograms per animal compare
- 110 Singapore 1.23 kilograms per animal compare
- 111 Kuwait 1.23 kilograms per animal compare
- 111 Puerto Rico 1.23 kilograms per animal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.17 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yield per animal in Cameroon?
- Chicken meat yield per animal in Cameroon was 1.25 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3 kilograms per animal in 2016.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8 kilograms per animal in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for chicken meat yield per animal?
- Cameroon ranks 108th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yield per animal rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.5%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yield per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.