Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 10,949 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Cameroon stood at 10,949 kg/ha.
The figure is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Cameroon peaked at 11,959 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,662 kg/ha, in 1969.
Cameroon ranks 132nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,478 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,652 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 4,493 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 4,206 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 4,480 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 4,610 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 3,848 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1968 | 3,989 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 3,662 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1970 | 4,110 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1971 | 3,916 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 4,188 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 4,070 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 3,919 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 3,978 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 4,119 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 4,415 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 4,491 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 4,498 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 4,527 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 4,460 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 4,301 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 5,899 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1984 | 7,764 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1985 | 8,054 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 7,858 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 7,618 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 6,669 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 7,353 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 7,593 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 8,261 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 8,024 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 7,328 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 7,321 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 7,565 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 7,902 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 8,044 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 7,951 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 9,162 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 9,048 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 7,320 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2002 | 6,539 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 6,234 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 5,937 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 8,016 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2006 | 8,169 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 9,114 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 10,679 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 10,157 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 10,462 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 11,426 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 10,362 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 11,959 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 10,947 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 10,323 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 10,748 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 11,217 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 10,989 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 11,025 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 11,074 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 10,900 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 10,408 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 10,078 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 10,949 kg/ha | +8.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 10,949 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 10,949 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +37.2% | 4,301 kg/ha | 5,899 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,269 kg/ha | 3,662 kg/ha | 4,652 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,170 kg/ha | 3,916 kg/ha | 4,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,450 kg/ha | 4,301 kg/ha | 8,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,915 kg/ha | 7,321 kg/ha | 9,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,121 kg/ha | 5,937 kg/ha | 10,679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,946 kg/ha | 10,323 kg/ha | 11,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,682 kg/ha | 10,078 kg/ha | 11,074 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Cameroon?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Cameroon was 10,949 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 11,959 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,662 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Cameroon rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 132nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — 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 rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.