Cow peas, dry — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 450.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Cameroon, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 450.8 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,210 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 412.9 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Cameroon 36th out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 909.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1995 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 913.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 899.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 885.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 872.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,031 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 1,031 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,097 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 1,128 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 596.7 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 2010 | 585.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 861 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 2012 | 1,210 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 2013 | 700 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 2014 | 664.6 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 629.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 412.9 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 2017 | 485.3 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2018 | 602.5 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2019 | 557.2 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 501.7 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 495.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 500.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 471.5 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 450.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 450.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 450.8 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -47.1% | 1,128 kg/ha | 596.7 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +47.0% | 585.8 kg/ha | 861 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -42.2% | 1,210 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +40.6% | 861 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -34.4% | 629.1 kg/ha | 412.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 909.1 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 936.31 kg/ha | 596.7 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 670.89 kg/ha | 412.9 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 484.14 kg/ha | 450.8 kg/ha | 501.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 33 Uganda 484.4 kg/ha compare
- 34 Burkina Faso 484.2 kg/ha compare
- 35 Malawi 466.9 kg/ha compare
- 37 South Africa 436 kg/ha compare
- 38 Australia 367.1 kg/ha
- 38 Australia and New Zealand 367.1 kg/ha
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 cow peas, dry — yield in Cameroon?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Cameroon was 450.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,210 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 412.9 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Cameroon rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 36th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.