Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon
Cameroon: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 46,237 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon stood at 46,237 t.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon peaked at 46,758 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 15,000 t, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 22nd of 75 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 t | -50.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 19,731 t | +31.5% |
| 1991 | 26,681 t | +35.2% |
| 1992 | 27,371 t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 28,060 t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 28,749 t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 29,439 t | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 30,128 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 30,817 t | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 31,507 t | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 32,196 t | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 32,885 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 33,575 t | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 34,264 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 34,953 t | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 35,643 t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 36,332 t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 37,066 t | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 38,186 t | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 39,365 t | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 38,000 t | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 39,500 t | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 40,598 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 42,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 41,500 t | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 42,269 t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 43,401 t | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 44,025 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 44,693 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 45,366 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 46,046 t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 46,758 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 46,056 t | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 46,287 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 46,367 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 46,237 t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,333 t | 15,000 t | 30,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,500 t | 15,000 t | 30,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,000 t | 15,000 t | 15,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,468 t | 19,731 t | 32,196 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,027 t | 32,885 t | 39,365 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,940 t | 39,500 t | 46,046 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,341 t | 46,056 t | 46,758 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 19 China 54,255 t compare
- 19 China, mainland 54,255 t compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 40,616 t compare
- 21 Eritrea 52,386 t compare
- 23 Equatorial Guinea 39,779 t compare
- 24 Cambodia 39,550 t compare
- 25 Bhutan 35,875 t 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon was 46,237 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 46,758 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 t in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Cameroon ranks 22nd out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production. 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.