Soya beans — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Soya beans — Yield was 1,753 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Yield in Cameroon, 1978–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Cameroon stood at 1,753 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,753 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 214.3 kg/ha, in 1978.
Cameroon ranks 51st of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 214.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 230 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 442.9 kg/ha | +92.6% |
| 1981 | 444.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 555.6 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 571.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 576.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 588.2 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 581.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 600 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 603.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 600 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 602.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 620.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 622 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 623.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 625 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 637.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 637.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 619.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 561.1 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 573.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 586.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 613.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 622.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1,200 kg/ha | +92.8% |
| 2008 | 1,200 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 831 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2010 | 843.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 827.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 1,398 kg/ha | +68.9% |
| 2013 | 1,323 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 1,335 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,335 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,650 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2017 | 1,630 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,460 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2019 | 1,420 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 1,660 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 1,726 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 1,669 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 1,716 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 1,753 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,753 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,753 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +92.8% | 622.6 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +92.6% | 230 kg/ha | 442.9 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +68.9% | 827.6 kg/ha | 1,398 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -30.7% | 1,200 kg/ha | 831 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 222.15 kg/ha | 214.3 kg/ha | 230 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 526.08 kg/ha | 442.9 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 614.02 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 637.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 744.5 kg/ha | 561.1 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,322 kg/ha | 827.6 kg/ha | 1,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,705 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | 1,753 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 48 Bangladesh 1,867 kg/ha compare
- 49 Ghana 1,862 kg/ha compare
- 50 Zimbabwe 1,840 kg/ha compare
- 52 North Macedonia 1,723 kg/ha compare
- 53 Indonesia 1,705 kg/ha compare
- 54 Russian Federation 1,695 kg/ha 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 soya beans — yield in Cameroon?
- Soya beans — yield in Cameroon was 1,753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,753 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 214.3 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Cameroon rank for soya beans — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 51st out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. 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 Soya beans — 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.