Plums and sloes — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Plums and sloes — Yield was 4,880 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Cameroon, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Cameroon stood at 4,880 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Cameroon peaked at 6,250 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1988.
Cameroon ranks 61st of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1989 | 3,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 6,250 kg/ha | +108.3% |
| 1991 | 4,000 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1992 | 3,954 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 3,973 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 4,009 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 4,027 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 4,065 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 4,083 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 4,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 4,114 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 3,976 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 4,152 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 4,000 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 4,173 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 4,170 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 4,169 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,205 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 4,264 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 4,091 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 4,584 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 5,909 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 5,038 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 4,859 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 4,956 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 4,950 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 4,960 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,005 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,972 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,019 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,999 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 4,830 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 4,815 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 4,880 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 4,880 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,312 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 4,880 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,497 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +108.3% | 3,000 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +50.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -36.0% | 6,250 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +28.9% | 4,584 kg/ha | 5,909 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 4,236 kg/ha | 3,954 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,122 kg/ha | 3,976 kg/ha | 4,264 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,932 kg/ha | 4,091 kg/ha | 5,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,908 kg/ha | 4,815 kg/ha | 5,019 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 58 Hungary 5,235 kg/ha compare
- 59 Serbia 5,227 kg/ha compare
- 60 Madagascar 4,890 kg/ha compare
- 62 Kazakhstan 4,856 kg/ha compare
- 63 New Zealand 4,535 kg/ha compare
- 64 Denmark 4,500 kg/ha 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 plums and sloes — yield in Cameroon?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Cameroon was 4,880 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6,250 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Cameroon rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 61st out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Plums and sloes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.