Plantains — Food in Cameroon
Cameroon: Plantains — Food was 1,554 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains — food in Cameroon is 1,554 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food in Cameroon peaked at 1,561 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 945 1000 t, in 2011.
That places Cameroon 9th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 953 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 945 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,057 1000 t | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 1,097 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 1,291 1000 t | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 1,324 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,406 1000 t | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1,299 1000 t | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 1,281 1000 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,525 1000 t | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 1,514 1000 t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,553 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,561 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,554 1000 t | -0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,554 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2 1000 t, 777.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,554 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13 1000 t, 119.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,218 1000 t | 945 1000 t | 1,525 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,546 1000 t | 1,514 1000 t | 1,561 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 1,697 1000 t compare
- 6 Cote d'Ivoire 1,697 1000 t compare
- 8 Caribbean 1,613 1000 t compare
- 10 Myanmar 1,108 1000 t compare
- 11 Dominican Republic 1,042 1000 t compare
- 12 Rwanda 967 1000 t 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 plantains — food in Cameroon?
- Plantains — food in Cameroon was 1,554 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,561 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest plantains — food recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 945 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Cameroon rank for plantains — food?
- Cameroon ranks 9th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. 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 Plantains — 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.