Oil palm fruit — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 13,159 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Cameroon is 13,159 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Cameroon peaked at 21,275 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10,798 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Cameroon 16th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,767 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,214 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 15,314 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 15,784 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 15,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 15,606 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 15,422 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 15,170 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 14,954 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 15,081 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 15,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 15,200 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 15,361 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 15,514 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 15,152 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 15,152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,556 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 15,263 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 15,302 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 15,429 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 15,250 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 15,152 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 14,667 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 15,556 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 16,222 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 16,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 16,067 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 19,273 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 19,091 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 17,885 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 17,714 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 19,792 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 19,388 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 19,608 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 20,192 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 20,192 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 19,617 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 20,909 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 20,536 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 21,053 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 21,053 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20,714 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 20,833 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 21,275 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 19,884 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 15,670 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2010 | 19,568 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 16,424 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 15,625 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 14,815 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 15,401 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 14,392 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 13,469 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 13,107 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 12,654 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 12,174 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 11,534 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 10,798 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 13,159 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2023 | 13,159 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13,159 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 13,159 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,915 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 13,159 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,984 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,026 kg/ha | 13,767 kg/ha | 15,784 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,228 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,892 kg/ha | 14,667 kg/ha | 19,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,386 kg/ha | 17,714 kg/ha | 20,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,154 kg/ha | 15,670 kg/ha | 21,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,763 kg/ha | 12,174 kg/ha | 19,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,362 kg/ha | 10,798 kg/ha | 13,159 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 6,396 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 14 China 13,167 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 13,167 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sao Tome and Principe 12,863 kg/ha compare
- 18 Congo 12,469 kg/ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 12,460 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Cameroon?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Cameroon was 13,159 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 21,275 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,798 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Cameroon rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 16th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.