Cocoa beans — Production in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cocoa beans — Production was 320,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Production in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — production in Cameroon stood at 320,000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in Cameroon peaked at 344,752 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 75,100 t, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 5th of 54 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Production in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 76,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 85,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 91,200 t | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 78,800 t | -13.6% |
| 1966 | 86,500 t | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 93,000 t | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 102,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 108,186 t | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 133,770 t | +23.6% |
| 1971 | 138,775 t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 126,780 t | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 132,245 t | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 120,014 t | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 96,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 82,500 t | -14.1% |
| 1977 | 107,000 t | +29.7% |
| 1978 | 110,865 t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 123,179 t | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 117,053 t | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 118,344 t | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 105,153 t | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 108,900 t | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 120,894 t | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 118,320 t | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 123,090 t | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 132,800 t | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 129,400 t | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 125,700 t | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 115,000 t | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 105,000 t | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 97,835 t | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 99,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 107,000 t | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 134,000 t | +25.2% |
| 1996 | 125,726 t | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 126,807 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 125,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 116,000 t | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 122,600 t | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 122,100 t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 125,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 154,965 t | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 166,754 t | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 140,000 t | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 164,553 t | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 212,619 t | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 229,203 t | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 235,500 t | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 264,077 t | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 240,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 268,941 t | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 275,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 269,228 t | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 310,000 t | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 344,752 t | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 322,248 t | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 317,530 t | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 301,255 t | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 310,077 t | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 295,000 t | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 295,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 300,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 320,000 t | +6.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 320,000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,317 t, 34.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 320,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21,000 t, 15.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,421 t | 75,100 t | 108,186 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,113 t | 82,500 t | 138,775 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 119,965 t | 105,153 t | 132,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 115,137 t | 97,835 t | 134,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 167,329 t | 122,100 t | 235,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,303 t | 240,000 t | 344,752 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 304,015 t | 295,000 t | 320,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 2 Ghana 530,000 t compare
- 3 Ecuador 403,699 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 350,000 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.89 million t compare
- 5 Melanesia 50,916 t compare
- 6 Brazil 297,509 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,000 t compare
- 7 Peru 157,252 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29,383 t compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 93,750 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 15,000 t 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 cocoa beans — production in Cameroon?
- Cocoa beans — production in Cameroon was 320,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 344,752 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,100 t in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for cocoa beans — production?
- Cameroon ranks 5th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. 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 Cocoa beans — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.