Groundnuts — Food in Cameroon
Cameroon: Groundnuts — Food was 178 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts — Food in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, groundnuts — food in Cameroon stood at 178 1000 t.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts — food in Cameroon peaked at 409 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 169 1000 t, in 2022.
Cameroon ranks 26th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Groundnuts — Food in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 259 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 274 1000 t | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 267 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 266 1000 t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 267 1000 t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 270 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 295 1000 t | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 256 1000 t | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 231 1000 t | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 233 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 409 1000 t | +75.5% |
| 2021 | 207 1000 t | -49.4% |
| 2022 | 169 1000 t | -18.4% |
| 2023 | 178 1000 t | +5.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 178 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10 1000 t, 17.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 178 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34.5 1000 t, 5.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts — Food 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +75.5% | 233 1000 t | 409 1000 t |
| 2021 | -49.4% | 409 1000 t | 207 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 261.8 1000 t | 231 1000 t | 295 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 240.75 1000 t | 169 1000 t | 409 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 24 Russian Federation 179 1000 t compare
- 24 Russia 179 1000 t compare
- 27 Zambia 146 1000 t compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 145 1000 t compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 145 1000 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 groundnuts — food in Cameroon?
- Groundnuts — food in Cameroon was 178 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts — food recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 409 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest groundnuts — food recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 169 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Cameroon rank for groundnuts — food?
- Cameroon ranks 26th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts — food rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.