Sorghum — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sorghum — Yield was 1,622 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 1,622 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,752 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 568.8 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Cameroon 53rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 992.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 774.3 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1963 | 806.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 806.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 774.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 877.2 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 751.7 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1968 | 709.3 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 768.4 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 704.8 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 706.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 739.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 683.3 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 840 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1975 | 862.7 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 785 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 777.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 843.4 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 840.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 868.8 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 706.2 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1982 | 646.3 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 625 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 568.8 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 774.9 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1986 | 1,059 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1987 | 706.3 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 816 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1989 | 704.1 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1990 | 848.9 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1991 | 769.2 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 760 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 764.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 729.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 867.9 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 909.6 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 888.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 1,002 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 1,124 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 1,200 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 1,202 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,413 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2003 | 1,337 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 1,265 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 1,317 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,256 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 1,440 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2008 | 1,432 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,408 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,438 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,495 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 1,488 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,508 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,533 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,561 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1,100 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2017 | 1,480 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 2018 | 1,697 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 1,752 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1,433 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 1,622 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 1,622 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,622 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,622 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,622 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,622 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 806.76 kg/ha | 709.3 kg/ha | 992.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 778.21 kg/ha | 683.3 kg/ha | 862.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 747.57 kg/ha | 568.8 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 866.39 kg/ha | 729.2 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,505 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,584 kg/ha | 1,433 kg/ha | 1,622 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 sorghum — yield in Cameroon?
- Sorghum — yield in Cameroon was 1,622 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,752 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 568.8 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Cameroon rank for sorghum — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 53rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Sorghum — 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.