Coffee bean yields in Cameroon
Cameroon: Coffee bean yields was 0.549 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee 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 0.549 tonnes per hectare for coffee bean yields in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee bean yields in Cameroon peaked at 0.549 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1906 tonnes per hectare, in 1983.
Cameroon ranks 47th of 82 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 | 0.4062 tonnes per hectare | 0.3573 tonnes per hectare | 0.4631 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3093 tonnes per hectare | 0.2285 tonnes per hectare | 0.4227 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3241 tonnes per hectare | 0.1906 tonnes per hectare | 0.4084 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3224 tonnes per hectare | 0.212 tonnes per hectare | 0.4819 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3089 tonnes per hectare | 0.2929 tonnes per hectare | 0.3279 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4199 tonnes per hectare | 0.3106 tonnes per hectare | 0.5249 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.53 tonnes per hectare | 0.5186 tonnes per hectare | 0.549 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 44 Madagascar 0.5659 tonnes per hectare compare
- 45 Philippines 0.5528 tonnes per hectare compare
- 46 Dominican Republic 0.55 tonnes per hectare compare
- 48 Cook Islands 0.5461 tonnes per hectare compare
- 49 Uganda 0.5458 tonnes per hectare compare
- 50 Thailand 0.53 tonnes per hectare 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 coffee bean yields in Cameroon?
- Coffee bean yields in Cameroon was 0.549 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 coffee bean yields recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.549 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1906 tonnes per hectare in 1983.
- How does Cameroon rank for coffee bean yields?
- Cameroon ranks 47th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee bean yields rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coffee bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.