Meat — Food supply in Cameroon
Cameroon: Meat — Food supply was 724,113 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food supply in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat — food supply in Cameroon is 724,113 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply in Cameroon peaked at 725,791 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 497,831 million Kcal, in 2012.
Cameroon ranks 89th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food supply in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 505,683 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 499,734 million Kcal | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 497,831 million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 524,915 million Kcal | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 551,198 million Kcal | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 574,994 million Kcal | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 561,151 million Kcal | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 527,903 million Kcal | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 528,611 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 533,155 million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 535,876 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 680,051 million Kcal | +26.9% |
| 2022 | 725,791 million Kcal | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 724,113 million Kcal | -0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 724,113 million Kcal is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 562,711 million Kcal, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 724,113 million Kcal is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 354,358 million Kcal, 2.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat — Food supply 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +26.9% | 535,876 million Kcal | 680,051 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 530,518 million Kcal | 497,831 million Kcal | 574,994 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 666,458 million Kcal | 535,876 million Kcal | 725,791 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 meat — food supply in Cameroon?
- Meat — food supply in Cameroon was 724,113 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 725,791 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 497,831 million Kcal in 2012.
- How does Cameroon rank for meat — food supply?
- Cameroon ranks 89th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. 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 Meat — Food supply (kcal). 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.