Fats and oils — Energy supply — Value in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fats and oils — Energy supply — Value was 281 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Fats and oils — Energy supply — Value in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, fats and oils — energy supply — value in Cameroon stood at 281 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fats and oils — energy supply — value in Cameroon peaked at 281 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 234 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
Cameroon ranks 117th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Fats and oils — Energy supply — Value in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 251 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 236 kcal/cap/d | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 239 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 246 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 241 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 234 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 238 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 242 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 241 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 248 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 260 kcal/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 270 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 271 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 281 kcal/cap/d | +3.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 281 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 276 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 281 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 223 kcal/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 241.6 kcal/cap/d | 234 kcal/cap/d | 251 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 270.5 kcal/cap/d | 260 kcal/cap/d | 281 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 fats and oils — energy supply — value in Cameroon?
- Fats and oils — energy supply — value in Cameroon was 281 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fats and oils — energy supply — value recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 281 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest fats and oils — energy supply — value recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 234 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Cameroon rank for fats and oils — energy supply — value?
- Cameroon ranks 117th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fats and oils — energy supply — value rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. 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 Fats and oils — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.