Coffee bean yields in Cameroon
Cameroon: Coffee bean yields was 0.549 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.549 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
47th
of 82 countries
All-time high
0.549 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
All-time low
0.1906 tonnes per hectare
in 1983
Years of data
64
1961–2024
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.
Coffee bean yields in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.447 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.45 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.3573 tonnes per hectare | -20.6% |
| 1964 | 0.394 tonnes per hectare | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 0.4631 tonnes per hectare | +17.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3956 tonnes per hectare | -14.6% |
| 1967 | 0.3883 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 0.38 tonnes per hectare | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 0.3805 tonnes per hectare | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.4227 tonnes per hectare | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 0.3293 tonnes per hectare | -22.1% |
| 1972 | 0.341 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.329 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 0.3275 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.2983 tonnes per hectare | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 0.2296 tonnes per hectare | -23.0% |
| 1977 | 0.2285 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.3048 tonnes per hectare | +33.4% |
| 1979 | 0.2824 tonnes per hectare | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3014 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2987 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.3423 tonnes per hectare | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1906 tonnes per hectare | -44.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4084 tonnes per hectare | +114.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2933 tonnes per hectare | -28.2% |
| 1986 | 0.3771 tonnes per hectare | +28.6% |
| 1987 | 0.258 tonnes per hectare | -31.6% |
| 1988 | 0.3852 tonnes per hectare | +49.3% |
| 1989 | 0.3857 tonnes per hectare | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.4819 tonnes per hectare | +24.9% |
| 1991 | 0.3968 tonnes per hectare | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 0.314 tonnes per hectare | -20.9% |
| 1993 | 0.2534 tonnes per hectare | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 0.295 tonnes per hectare | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3204 tonnes per hectare | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3856 tonnes per hectare | +20.3% |
| 1997 | 0.212 tonnes per hectare | -45.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2768 tonnes per hectare | +30.6% |
| 1999 | 0.2881 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.293 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2929 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3176 tonnes per hectare | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.3279 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3115 tonnes per hectare | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3186 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3168 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3105 tonnes per hectare | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3106 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3495 tonnes per hectare | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3728 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3885 tonnes per hectare | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4071 tonnes per hectare | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4196 tonnes per hectare | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4612 tonnes per hectare | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4591 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.506 tonnes per hectare | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5249 tonnes per hectare | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5207 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.5186 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5228 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5387 tonnes per hectare | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.549 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.549 tonnes per hectare is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5325 tonnes per hectare, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.549 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4357 tonnes per hectare, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee bean yields in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +114.3% | 0.1906 tonnes per hectare | 0.4084 tonnes per hectare |
| 1988 | +49.3% | 0.258 tonnes per hectare | 0.3852 tonnes per hectare |
| 1997 | -45.0% | 0.3856 tonnes per hectare | 0.212 tonnes per hectare |
| 1983 | -44.3% | 0.3423 tonnes per hectare | 0.1906 tonnes per hectare |
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 (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 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.