Potatoes — Production in Cameroon
Cameroon: Potatoes — Production was 370,206 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 370,206 t for potatoes — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Cameroon peaked at 377,912 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12,000 t, in 1967.
That places Cameroon 81st out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,279 t | 12,000 t | 38,877 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,121 t | 24,193 t | 40,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,534 t | 22,410 t | 145,120 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,413 t | 25,017 t | 126,089 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 141,423 t | 130,535 t | 166,772 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 281,582 t | 188,452 t | 377,912 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 349,241 t | 319,278 t | 372,337 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 78 Ethiopia PDR 388,000 t compare
- 79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 387,349 t compare
- 80 Switzerland 370,665 t compare
- 82 Libya 369,147 t compare
- 83 Ireland 368,340 t compare
- 84 Portugal 357,550 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Cameroon?
- Potatoes — production in Cameroon was 370,206 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 377,912 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 t in 1967.
- How does Cameroon rank for potatoes — production?
- Cameroon ranks 81st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Production. 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.