Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 350.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon is 350.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon peaked at 388.9 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 125 kg/ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 40th of 43 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 176.5 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1964 | 176.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1966 | 205.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 222.2 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 222.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 253.8 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1972 | 252.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 259.1 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 272.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 254.5 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 218.2 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 259.1 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1978 | 272.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 263.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 281.8 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 300 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 231.8 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1983 | 272.7 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1984 | 272.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 260.9 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 250 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 254.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 254.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 244 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 267.7 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 242.3 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 276.1 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 280.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 284.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 288.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 292.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 296.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 300.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 304.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 309 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 313.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 317.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 322.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 326.7 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 330.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 335.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 339.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 344.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 377.4 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 388.9 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 343.5 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 296 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2013 | 332.9 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 348 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 344.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 347.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 350.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 352.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 352.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 352 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 349.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 350.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 350.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 350.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 849.7 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 350.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.65 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +41.2% | 125 kg/ha | 176.5 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +26.9% | 200 kg/ha | 253.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183.63 kg/ha | 125 kg/ha | 222.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 250.66 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 272.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 262.23 kg/ha | 231.8 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 283.27 kg/ha | 242.3 kg/ha | 304.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 331.67 kg/ha | 309 kg/ha | 377.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 345.67 kg/ha | 296 kg/ha | 388.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 351.04 kg/ha | 349.7 kg/ha | 352.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon was 350.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 388.9 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 40th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.