Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 737.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Cameroon stood at 737.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Cameroon peaked at 871.6 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 304.2 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Cameroon 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 480.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 461.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 505.2 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 562.9 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 546.6 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 443.2 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1967 | 506.6 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 518.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 518.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 428.9 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1971 | 415.2 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 421.8 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 442.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 448.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 402 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1976 | 416.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 405.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 304.2 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 357.6 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1980 | 351.2 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 345.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 380.8 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 347.2 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 351.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 364.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 372.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 369.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 368.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 478.6 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1990 | 477.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 446.7 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 439.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 449.9 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 434.6 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 426.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 452.4 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 440.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 458 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 599.2 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2000 | 576.2 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 598.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 511.6 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2003 | 551.2 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 582.1 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 719.9 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2006 | 763.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 740.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 739.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 719.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 871.6 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 680.1 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2012 | 731.1 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 681.4 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 737 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 724.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 734.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 752.9 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 706.3 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 697.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 809.9 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 696.5 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 723.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 727.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 737.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 737.3 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 371.5 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 737.3 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 504.78 kg/ha | 443.2 kg/ha | 562.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 404.36 kg/ha | 304.2 kg/ha | 448.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 373.11 kg/ha | 345.5 kg/ha | 478.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 462.54 kg/ha | 426.3 kg/ha | 599.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 650.3 kg/ha | 511.6 kg/ha | 763.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 731.78 kg/ha | 680.1 kg/ha | 871.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 738.9 kg/ha | 696.5 kg/ha | 809.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 65 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 754.4 kg/ha compare
- 66 Yugoslav SFR 748.1 kg/ha compare
- 67 Croatia 739.4 kg/ha compare
- 69 Saint Lucia 724.7 kg/ha compare
- 70 China, mainland 704.6 kg/ha compare
- 71 China 704.2 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Cameroon?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Cameroon was 737.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 871.6 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 304.2 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Cameroon rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield. 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.