Jute, raw or retted — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Jute, raw or retted — Yield was 371.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Jute, raw or retted — Yield in Cameroon, 1976–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, jute, raw or retted — yield in Cameroon stood at 371.6 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, jute, raw or retted — yield in Cameroon peaked at 578.9 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 353.3 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Cameroon 20th out of 21 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Jute, raw or retted — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 444.4 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 529.4 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 555.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 562.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 562.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 567.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 569.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 578.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 555.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 548.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 540.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 531.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 526.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 513.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 503.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 493.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 483.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 473 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 462.9 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 452.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 444.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 436.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 429.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 423.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 417.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 412.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 407.7 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 404.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 360 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 392.2 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 385.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 373.8 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 364.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 374 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 360.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 367.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 353.3 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 365.5 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 368.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 367.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 371.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 371.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,418 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 486.1 kg/ha | 444.4 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1980s | 555.56 kg/ha | 529.4 kg/ha | 567.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 536.13 kg/ha | 493.3 kg/ha | 578.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 443.51 kg/ha | 412.1 kg/ha | 483.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 379 kg/ha | 360 kg/ha | 407.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 365.28 kg/ha | 353.3 kg/ha | 371.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 17 Cambodia 898.1 kg/ha compare
- 18 El Salvador 811.5 kg/ha compare
- 19 Zimbabwe 608.6 kg/ha compare
- 21 Ethiopia PDR 0 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 jute, raw or retted — yield in Cameroon?
- Jute, raw or retted — yield in Cameroon was 371.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest jute, raw or retted — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 578.9 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest jute, raw or retted — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 353.3 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Cameroon rank for jute, raw or retted — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 20th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is jute, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Jute, raw or retted — 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.