Cocoa bean yields in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cocoa bean yields was 0.4983 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.4983 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
20th
of 61 countries
All-time high
0.5358 tonnes per hectare
in 2020
All-time low
0.1976 tonnes per hectare
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Cocoa bean yields in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.4983 tonnes per hectare for cocoa bean yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in Cameroon peaked at 0.5358 tonnes per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1976 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 20th of 61 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.
Cocoa bean yields in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1976 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.2 tonnes per hectare | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2237 tonnes per hectare | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 0.24 tonnes per hectare | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 0.2074 tonnes per hectare | -13.6% |
| 1966 | 0.219 tonnes per hectare | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 0.2447 tonnes per hectare | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 0.2757 tonnes per hectare | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 0.2893 tonnes per hectare | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 0.343 tonnes per hectare | +18.6% |
| 1971 | 0.3496 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 0.3913 tonnes per hectare | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 0.3718 tonnes per hectare | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3554 tonnes per hectare | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2743 tonnes per hectare | -22.8% |
| 1976 | 0.202 tonnes per hectare | -26.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2482 tonnes per hectare | +22.9% |
| 1978 | 0.2607 tonnes per hectare | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 0.287 tonnes per hectare | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2636 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 0.2781 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2577 tonnes per hectare | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 0.2562 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.2878 tonnes per hectare | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2777 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.3002 tonnes per hectare | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 0.3018 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.3081 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2993 tonnes per hectare | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.3194 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2878 tonnes per hectare | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.307 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3057 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3722 tonnes per hectare | +21.8% |
| 1996 | 0.3417 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 0.3379 tonnes per hectare | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.333 tonnes per hectare | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.3135 tonnes per hectare | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3302 tonnes per hectare | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3352 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.342 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3444 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3403 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.35 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.374 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3866 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3885 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3925 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3941 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3582 tonnes per hectare | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4014 tonnes per hectare | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4104 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3769 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4039 tonnes per hectare | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4046 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4175 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4818 tonnes per hectare | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4479 tonnes per hectare | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5358 tonnes per hectare | +19.6% |
| 2021 | 0.4997 tonnes per hectare | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4804 tonnes per hectare | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4934 tonnes per hectare | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.4983 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.4983 tonnes per hectare is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3962 tonnes per hectare, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.4983 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4718 tonnes per hectare, 1.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.1976 tonnes per hectare | 0.2893 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3083 tonnes per hectare | 0.202 tonnes per hectare | 0.3913 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.283 tonnes per hectare | 0.2562 tonnes per hectare | 0.3081 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3218 tonnes per hectare | 0.2878 tonnes per hectare | 0.3722 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3584 tonnes per hectare | 0.3302 tonnes per hectare | 0.3925 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4097 tonnes per hectare | 0.3582 tonnes per hectare | 0.4818 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5015 tonnes per hectare | 0.4804 tonnes per hectare | 0.5358 tonnes per hectare | 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 cocoa bean yields in Cameroon?
- Cocoa bean yields in Cameroon was 0.4983 tonnes per hectare 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 cocoa bean yields recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5358 tonnes per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1976 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for cocoa bean yields?
- Cameroon ranks 20th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. 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 Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.