Fruit Primary — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fruit Primary — Yield was 9,245 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Cameroon is 9,245 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Cameroon peaked at 14,550 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4,147 kg/ha, in 1983.
Cameroon ranks 108th of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,837 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,609 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 6,787 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 6,594 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 6,677 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 6,772 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 6,611 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 6,028 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 5,197 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1970 | 5,154 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 6,083 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 5,929 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 6,328 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 6,102 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 6,623 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 6,960 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 7,548 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 7,324 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 7,328 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 7,507 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 7,607 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 4,147 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 1984 | 4,473 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 4,592 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 4,427 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 6,677 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1988 | 6,595 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 6,795 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 7,491 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 7,662 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 7,729 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 7,791 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 7,621 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 7,513 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 7,542 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 7,285 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 8,057 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 6,918 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 6,505 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 7,004 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 6,246 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 6,338 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6,424 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 8,304 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2006 | 8,386 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 12,487 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 2008 | 12,459 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 12,553 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 12,799 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 11,158 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 11,381 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 12,147 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 14,406 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2015 | 14,550 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 10,208 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2017 | 10,019 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 10,050 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 10,399 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 9,704 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 9,642 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,896 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 9,431 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 9,245 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 9,245 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 9,245 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +50.8% | 4,427 kg/ha | 6,677 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +48.9% | 8,386 kg/ha | 12,487 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -45.5% | 7,607 kg/ha | 4,147 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -29.8% | 14,550 kg/ha | 10,208 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,457 kg/ha | 5,197 kg/ha | 6,837 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,325 kg/ha | 5,154 kg/ha | 7,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,015 kg/ha | 4,147 kg/ha | 7,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,561 kg/ha | 6,918 kg/ha | 8,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,671 kg/ha | 6,246 kg/ha | 12,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,712 kg/ha | 10,019 kg/ha | 14,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,584 kg/ha | 9,245 kg/ha | 9,896 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 fruit primary — yield in Cameroon?
- Fruit primary — yield in Cameroon was 9,245 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 14,550 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,147 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Cameroon rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.