Sorghum — Production in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sorghum — Production was 1.20 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 1.20 million t for sorghum — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Cameroon peaked at 1.28 million t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 203,232 t, in 1984.
Cameroon ranks 16th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Production in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 255,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 247,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 263,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 263,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 247,000 t | -6.1% |
| 1966 | 293,000 t | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 224,000 t | -23.5% |
| 1968 | 205,000 t | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 282,000 t | +37.6% |
| 1970 | 234,000 t | -17.0% |
| 1971 | 255,000 t | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 241,000 t | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 233,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 252,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 308,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 241,000 t | -21.8% |
| 1977 | 244,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 307,000 t | +25.8% |
| 1979 | 310,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 331,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 262,000 t | -20.8% |
| 1982 | 285,000 t | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 250,000 t | -12.3% |
| 1984 | 203,232 t | -18.7% |
| 1985 | 338,525 t | +66.6% |
| 1986 | 541,472 t | +60.0% |
| 1987 | 236,264 t | -56.4% |
| 1988 | 418,175 t | +77.0% |
| 1989 | 343,146 t | -17.9% |
| 1990 | 328,716 t | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 400,000 t | +21.7% |
| 1992 | 380,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 390,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 350,000 t | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 460,000 t | +31.4% |
| 1996 | 439,178 t | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 400,000 t | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 500,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 272,218 t | -45.6% |
| 2000 | 420,000 t | +54.3% |
| 2001 | 505,000 t | +20.2% |
| 2002 | 541,975 t | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 573,951 t | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 607,814 t | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 700,000 t | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 716,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 907,000 t | +26.7% |
| 2008 | 931,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1.00 million t | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 1.10 million t | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 1.15 million t | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million t | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 1.26 million t | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1.15 million t | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 1.20 million t | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 1.14 million t | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 1.14 million t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.24 million t | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 1.28 million t | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million t | -17.0% |
| 2021 | 1.20 million t | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.20 million t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.20 million t | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1.20 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,359 t, 40.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1.20 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127,000 t, 9.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +77.0% | 236,264 t | 418,175 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,222 t | 205,000 t | 293,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 262,500 t | 233,000 t | 310,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 320,881 t | 203,232 t | 541,472 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 392,011 t | 272,218 t | 500,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 690,274 t | 420,000 t | 1.00 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 million t | 1.10 million t | 1.28 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 million t | 1.06 million t | 1.20 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 13 Niger 1.91 million t compare
- 13 Türkiye 96 t compare
- 14 Burkina Faso 1.90 million t compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 17.41 t compare
- 14 Micronesia 17.41 t compare
- 15 Mali 1.64 million t compare
- 17 South Sudan 960,000 t compare
- 18 Egypt 780,000 t compare
- 19 Chad 720,086 t 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 sorghum — production in Cameroon?
- Sorghum — production in Cameroon was 1.20 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million t in 2019.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 203,232 t in 1984.
- How does Cameroon rank for sorghum — production?
- Cameroon ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Sorghum — Production. 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.