Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Cameroon
Cameroon: Rice and products — Food supply quantity was 42.98 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food supply quantity in Cameroon stood at 42.98 kg/cap.
The figure is down 10.9% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply quantity in Cameroon peaked at 48.31 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 35.74 kg/cap, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 61st out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35.74 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 39.19 kg/cap | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 39.16 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 39.87 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 38.29 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 42.76 kg/cap | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 43.27 kg/cap | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 43.71 kg/cap | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 44.65 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 44.99 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 38.74 kg/cap | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 48.31 kg/cap | +24.7% |
| 2022 | 48.25 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 42.98 kg/cap | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41.16 kg/cap | 35.74 kg/cap | 44.99 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.57 kg/cap | 38.74 kg/cap | 48.31 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 58 Seychelles 44.72 kg/cap compare
- 59 Belgium 43.76 kg/cap compare
- 60 Sao Tome and Principe 43.06 kg/cap compare
- 62 United Arab Emirates 42.7 kg/cap compare
- 63 China, Macao SAR 42.36 kg/cap compare
- 64 Naoero 41.49 kg/cap 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 rice and products — food supply quantity in Cameroon?
- Rice and products — food supply quantity in Cameroon was 42.98 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 48.31 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.74 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for rice and products — food supply quantity?
- Cameroon ranks 61st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Rice and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.