Maize (corn) — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,833 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Cameroon is 1,833 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Cameroon peaked at 2,591 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 744.7 kg/ha, in 1962.
Cameroon ranks 121st of 163 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 782.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 744.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 755.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 758.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 758.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 761.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 750.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 816.1 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 930.2 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 895.7 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 908.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 909.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 861.5 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 909.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 1,230 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1976 | 888.7 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1977 | 897.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 747 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1979 | 748.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 831.8 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1981 | 977.3 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1982 | 1,093 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 1,029 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 1,811 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 1985 | 1,664 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 1,925 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1987 | 1,913 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1,959 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 1,864 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 1,854 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 1,980 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 1,397 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1993 | 1,127 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1994 | 1,164 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 1,545 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1996 | 1,875 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1997 | 2,027 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 1,891 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 2,591 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2000 | 2,462 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 2,440 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 2,068 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 1,991 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 1,917 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 2,133 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 2,222 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 2,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,979 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,974 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,024 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 1,715 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 1,979 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 1,764 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 1,741 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,980 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 1,840 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 1,846 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,906 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1,785 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 1,771 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,692 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 1,833 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 1,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,833 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,833 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +76.0% | 1,029 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 784.32 kg/ha | 744.7 kg/ha | 930.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 899.6 kg/ha | 747 kg/ha | 1,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,507 kg/ha | 831.8 kg/ha | 1,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,745 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,121 kg/ha | 1,917 kg/ha | 2,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,877 kg/ha | 1,715 kg/ha | 2,024 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,783 kg/ha | 1,692 kg/ha | 1,833 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 118 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha compare
- 119 Honduras 1,896 kg/ha compare
- 120 Rwanda 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 122 Madagascar 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 123 Comoros 1,720 kg/ha compare
- 124 Sierra Leone 1,704 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 maize (corn) — yield in Cameroon?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Cameroon was 1,833 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,591 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 744.7 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 121st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.