Onions — Food in Cameroon
Cameroon: Onions — Food was 329 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Onions — Food in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 329 1000 t for onions — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions — food in Cameroon peaked at 350 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 64 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 45th out of 185 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Onions — Food in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 64 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 108 1000 t | +68.8% |
| 2012 | 187 1000 t | +73.1% |
| 2013 | 196 1000 t | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 278 1000 t | +41.8% |
| 2015 | 278 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 281 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 284 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 289 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 281 1000 t | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 309 1000 t | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 321 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 350 1000 t | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 329 1000 t | -6.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 329 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 52 1000 t, 6.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 329 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35 1000 t, 9.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions — Food 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +73.1% | 108 1000 t | 187 1000 t |
| 2011 | +68.8% | 64 1000 t | 108 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 224.6 1000 t | 64 1000 t | 289 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 327.25 1000 t | 309 1000 t | 350 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 onions — food in Cameroon?
- Onions — food in Cameroon was 329 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions — food recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 350 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest onions — food recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 64 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for onions — food?
- Cameroon ranks 45th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is onions — food rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.9%. 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 Onions — Food. 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.