Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 749.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Cameroon is 749.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 78.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Cameroon peaked at 830.1 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 138.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 60th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 138.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 214.1 kg/ha | +54.6% |
| 1963 | 221 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 195.1 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 219.3 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 199.7 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 175.2 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1968 | 234.9 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1969 | 295.4 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1970 | 233.2 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1971 | 152.7 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1972 | 180.8 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 159 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 217 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1975 | 236.8 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 279.5 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1977 | 294.6 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 441.9 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 496.6 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 452.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 441.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 464.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 466 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 393 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 414.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 455.1 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 419.2 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 517 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1989 | 421.1 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1990 | 422.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 445.8 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 446.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 430.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 379.4 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 362.4 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 409.1 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 392.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 395.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 381.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 359.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 364.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 331.9 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 452.1 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2004 | 485.5 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 475.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 482.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 572.7 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 440.4 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2009 | 377 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 482.6 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2011 | 420 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 376.9 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 400 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 420 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 524.8 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 577.9 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 689.5 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2018 | 583.1 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 710.8 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2020 | 830.1 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 579.5 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2022 | 699.6 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2023 | 775.6 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 749.8 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 749.8 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 749.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 210.36 kg/ha | 138.5 kg/ha | 295.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 269.21 kg/ha | 152.7 kg/ha | 496.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 444.43 kg/ha | 393 kg/ha | 517 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 406.48 kg/ha | 362.4 kg/ha | 446.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 434.2 kg/ha | 331.9 kg/ha | 572.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 518.56 kg/ha | 376.9 kg/ha | 710.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 726.92 kg/ha | 579.5 kg/ha | 830.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 57 Colombia 821.8 kg/ha compare
- 58 Costa Rica 760.7 kg/ha compare
- 59 Madagascar 751.3 kg/ha compare
- 61 Peru 746 kg/ha compare
- 62 Czechoslovakia 742.2 kg/ha compare
- 63 Tajikistan 720.2 kg/ha 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Cameroon?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Cameroon was 749.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 830.1 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 138.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 60th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.5%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.