Corn: Yield gap in Cameroon
Cameroon: Corn: Yield gap was 2.23 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn: Yield gap in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for corn: yield gap in Cameroon is 2.23 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Cameroon peaked at 2.37 tonnes per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.6 tonnes per hectare, in 2000.
That places Cameroon 56th out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Corn: Yield gap in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 2001 | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.99 tonnes per hectare | +23.0% |
| 2003 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 2.28 tonnes per hectare | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 2.29 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2.23 tonnes per hectare is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.37 tonnes per hectare, 94% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2.23 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.47 tonnes per hectare, 90% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.18 tonnes per hectare | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.28 tonnes per hectare | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 corn: yield gap in Cameroon?
- Corn: yield gap in Cameroon was 2.23 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn: yield gap recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.37 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for corn: yield gap?
- Cameroon ranks 56th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.