Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cameroon
Cameroon: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 117 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 117 kg/An for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Cameroon peaked at 138 kg/An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 68 kg/An, in 1964.
That places Cameroon 166th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 74 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 75 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 68 kg/An | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 70 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 72 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 69 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 68 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 71 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 95 kg/An | +33.8% |
| 1971 | 99 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 94 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 93 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 92 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 95 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 98 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 101 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 100 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 117 kg/An | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 130 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 133 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 135 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 135 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 137 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 134 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 112 kg/An | -16.4% |
| 1987 | 108 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 102 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 98 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 95 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 109 kg/An | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 113 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 109 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 113 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 110 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 111 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 111 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 111 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 112 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 113 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 106 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 107 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 108 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 109 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 112 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 115 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 113 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 112 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 113 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 114 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 116 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 116 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 118 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 129 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 134 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 138 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 120 kg/An | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 112 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 122 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 116 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 115 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 117 kg/An | +1.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 117 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 24% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 117 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 50% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +33.8% | 71 kg/An | 95 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.22 kg/An | 68 kg/An | 75 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 98.4 kg/An | 92 kg/An | 117 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 122.4 kg/An | 98 kg/An | 137 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 109.5 kg/An | 95 kg/An | 113 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 110.8 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 121 kg/An | 112 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 116.4 kg/An | 112 kg/An | 122 kg/An | 5 |
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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 milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Cameroon?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Cameroon was 117 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 138 kg/An in 2018.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 68 kg/An in 1964.
- How does Cameroon rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Cameroon ranks 166th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.