Dates — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Dates — Yield was 3,627 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Cameroon, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Cameroon stood at 3,627 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Cameroon peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,667 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Cameroon 26th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,833 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 1,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 2,842 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 1991 | 2,462 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 2,222 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1993 | 2,625 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 2,734 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,840 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 2,974 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 3,152 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 3,158 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,170 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 3,400 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 3,429 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,454 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 3,395 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 3,391 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3,428 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 3,333 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 3,457 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 3,472 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 3,511 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 3,309 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 3,655 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 4,000 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 3,837 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 3,824 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 3,889 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 3,684 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 3,786 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 3,680 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 3,554 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 3,661 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 3,631 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 3,615 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 3,636 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,627 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 3,627 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 3,627 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +42.1% | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,842 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,800 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,818 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 3,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,427 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,511 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,722 kg/ha | 3,309 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,634 kg/ha | 3,615 kg/ha | 3,661 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 dates — yield in Cameroon?
- Dates — yield in Cameroon was 3,627 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,667 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Cameroon rank for dates — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 26th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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 Dates — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.