Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,144 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Cameroon stood at 2,144 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Cameroon peaked at 2,373 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 395.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 22nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 395.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 611.6 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 1963 | 631.3 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 557.5 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 626.7 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 570.4 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 500.6 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 671.2 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1969 | 843.9 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1970 | 666.3 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1971 | 436.2 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1972 | 516.7 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1973 | 454.4 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 619.9 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 676.4 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 797.6 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1977 | 840.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 1,262 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 1979 | 1,419 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 1,293 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 1,260 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 1,326 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 1,331 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 1,122 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 1,184 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 1,300 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 1,197 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 1,477 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1989 | 1,202 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1990 | 1,208 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 1,273 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 1,274 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,229 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 1,083 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 1,035 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,169 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 1,120 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 1,128 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,088 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 1,027 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 1,042 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 947.9 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 1,292 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2004 | 1,387 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1,358 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,379 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,637 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2008 | 1,258 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2009 | 1,077 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 1,379 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2011 | 1,200 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 1,077 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 1,143 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 1,200 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 1,500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 1,652 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 1,971 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2018 | 1,667 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2019 | 2,032 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2020 | 2,373 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 1,656 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2022 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2023 | 2,217 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 2,144 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,144 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,144 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 601 kg/ha | 395.8 kg/ha | 843.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 768.92 kg/ha | 436.2 kg/ha | 1,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,269 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,161 kg/ha | 1,035 kg/ha | 1,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,241 kg/ha | 947.9 kg/ha | 1,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,482 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 2,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,078 kg/ha | 1,656 kg/ha | 2,373 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Cameroon?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Cameroon was 2,144 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,373 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 395.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 22nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.