Potatoes — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Potatoes — Yield was 10,617 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Cameroon stood at 10,617 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Cameroon peaked at 15,393 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,311 kg/ha, in 1985.
Cameroon ranks 129th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,588 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1964 | 3,902 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 2,556 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1966 | 2,429 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 2,776 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 2,264 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1969 | 2,718 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 2,549 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 2,438 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 2,603 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 2,741 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 2,829 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 2,667 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,533 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 2,419 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 2,025 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1981 | 2,500 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1982 | 1,945 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1983 | 2,221 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1984 | 1,759 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1985 | 1,311 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1986 | 1,394 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 1,451 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 1,743 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1989 | 2,111 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1990 | 1,614 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1991 | 1,688 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 2,050 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1993 | 2,111 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1,987 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 2,059 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 2,909 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1997 | 4,017 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1998 | 5,331 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1999 | 6,003 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 5,904 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 5,167 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 3,945 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2003 | 3,506 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 3,116 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 2,590 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2006 | 2,733 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 2,659 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 2,637 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 2,875 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 4,354 kg/ha | +51.4% |
| 2011 | 7,388 kg/ha | +69.7% |
| 2012 | 10,302 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2013 | 13,369 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2014 | 15,064 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 15,393 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 11,280 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2017 | 10,700 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 11,438 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 11,636 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 10,823 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 10,016 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 10,964 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 10,698 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 10,617 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 10,617 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 10,617 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,883 kg/ha | 2,264 kg/ha | 3,902 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,611 kg/ha | 2,419 kg/ha | 2,829 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,846 kg/ha | 1,311 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,977 kg/ha | 1,614 kg/ha | 6,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,513 kg/ha | 2,590 kg/ha | 5,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,092 kg/ha | 4,354 kg/ha | 15,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,624 kg/ha | 10,016 kg/ha | 10,964 kg/ha | 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 potatoes — yield in Cameroon?
- Potatoes — yield in Cameroon was 10,617 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 15,393 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,311 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Cameroon rank for potatoes — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 129th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. 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 — 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.