Rice — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Rice — Yield was 2,160 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Cameroon stood at 2,160 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 78.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Cameroon peaked at 5,467 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 480.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 97th of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 1,002 kg/ha | 480.8 kg/ha | 1,433 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,341 kg/ha | 523.1 kg/ha | 2,399 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,959 kg/ha | 2,337 kg/ha | 5,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,473 kg/ha | 2,900 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,691 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3,024 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,646 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha | 2,641 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,140 kg/ha | 2,053 kg/ha | 2,190 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 94 Saudi Arabia 2,404 kg/ha compare
- 95 Burkina Faso 2,230 kg/ha compare
- 96 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 98 Papua New Guinea 2,159 kg/ha compare
- 99 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,073 kg/ha compare
- 100 Cuba 2,063 kg/ha 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 rice — yield in Cameroon?
- Rice — yield in Cameroon was 2,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 5,467 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 480.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for rice — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 97th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.9%. 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 Rice — 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.