Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index was 82.71 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 82.71 for plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in 2024.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in Cameroon peaked at 105.91 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 39.64, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 32nd of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51.74 | — |
| 1962 | 63.98 | +23.7% |
| 1963 | 65.91 | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 89.33 | +35.5% |
| 1965 | 53 | -40.7% |
| 1966 | 56.76 | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 69.33 | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 67.19 | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 51.22 | -23.8% |
| 1970 | 55.72 | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 59.49 | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 63.74 | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 65.64 | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 76.87 | +17.1% |
| 1975 | 62.85 | -18.2% |
| 1976 | 52.21 | -16.9% |
| 1977 | 57.24 | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 70.92 | +23.9% |
| 1979 | 63.75 | -10.1% |
| 1980 | 61.9 | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 60.35 | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 57.21 | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 70.97 | +24.1% |
| 1984 | 53.8 | -24.2% |
| 1985 | 65.5 | +21.7% |
| 1986 | 67.27 | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 47.01 | -30.1% |
| 1988 | 41.28 | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 53.35 | +29.2% |
| 1990 | 39.64 | -25.7% |
| 1991 | 42.41 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 44.66 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 46.83 | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 49.24 | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 49.46 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 49.67 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 49.72 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 49.63 | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 41.14 | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 40.31 | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 40.05 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 40.63 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 40.76 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 40.89 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 60.88 | +48.9% |
| 2006 | 64.03 | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 66.91 | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 69.54 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 74.56 | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 83.57 | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 79.97 | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 88.6 | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 89.11 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 104.69 | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 105.91 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 89.4 | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 89.04 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 88.83 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 87.67 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 88.55 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 88.03 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 86.94 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 84.04 | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 82.71 | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63.16 | 51.22 | 89.33 | 9 |
| 1970s | 62.84 | 52.21 | 76.87 | 10 |
| 1980s | 57.86 | 41.28 | 70.97 | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.24 | 39.64 | 49.72 | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.86 | 40.05 | 74.56 | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.68 | 79.97 | 105.91 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.05 | 82.71 | 88.55 | 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 plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in Cameroon?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in Cameroon was 82.71 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 105.91 in 2015.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.64 in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index?
- Cameroon ranks 32nd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.