Okra — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Okra — Yield was 2,352 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — yield in Cameroon stood at 2,352 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Cameroon peaked at 2,700 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 705.9 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Cameroon 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 714.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 705.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 736.8 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 714.3 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 727.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 739.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 750 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 740.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 742.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,735 kg/ha | +133.5% |
| 2000 | 1,749 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1,180 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2002 | 1,034 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 906.2 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 794.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 2,001 kg/ha | +151.9% |
| 2006 | 2,032 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 2,700 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 2008 | 2,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,533 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 2,516 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,984 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2012 | 2,345 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 2,533 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 2,642 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2,641 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,360 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 2,261 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 2,416 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 2,427 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,493 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,420 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 2,383 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 2,375 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,352 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,352 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,830 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,352 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,327 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +151.9% | 794.1 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +133.5% | 742.9 kg/ha | 1,735 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +32.9% | 2,032 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -32.5% | 1,749 kg/ha | 1,180 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 830.63 kg/ha | 705.9 kg/ha | 1,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,763 kg/ha | 794.1 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,412 kg/ha | 1,984 kg/ha | 2,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,405 kg/ha | 2,352 kg/ha | 2,493 kg/ha | 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 okra — yield in Cameroon?
- Okra — yield in Cameroon was 2,352 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,700 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 705.9 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for okra — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. 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 Okra — 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.