Cotton yields in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cotton yields was 2.14 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cotton 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
The most recent figure for cotton yields in Cameroon is 2.14 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton yields in Cameroon peaked at 2.37 tonnes per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3958 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 23rd of 100 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.601 tonnes per hectare | 0.3958 tonnes per hectare | 0.8439 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7689 tonnes per hectare | 0.4362 tonnes per hectare | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.9479 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 cotton yields in Cameroon?
- Cotton yields in Cameroon was 2.14 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 cotton yields recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.37 tonnes per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cotton yields recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3958 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for cotton yields?
- Cameroon ranks 23rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cotton yields rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. 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 Cotton 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.