Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 1,170 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Cameroon stood at 1,170 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,299 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 119th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,111 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,190 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 1,154 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 1,167 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,176 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,111 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 1,236 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 1,227 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,232 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,299 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 1,003 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2004 | 1,085 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 1,177 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 1,182 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,180 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,171 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,166 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,166 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,166 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,169 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,168 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,168 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,169 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,170 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,170 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,170 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,169 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,170 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,170 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,170 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,170 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,646 kg/ha, 7% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,170 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 8% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,140 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,172 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha | 1,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,168 kg/ha | 1,166 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,170 kg/ha | 1,169 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 116 Slovakia 2,327 kg/ha compare
- 117 Papua New Guinea 1,806 kg/ha compare
- 118 Mozambique 1,729 kg/ha compare
- 120 Central African Republic 287.6 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Cameroon?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Cameroon was 1,170 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,299 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 119th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.