Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 459,862 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply in Cameroon is 459,862 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 11.7% on the previous year and up 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Cameroon peaked at 459,862 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 250,649 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 19th out of 183 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 250,649 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 258,299 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 266,347 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 275,086 million Kcal | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 284,482 million Kcal | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 293,860 million Kcal | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 302,808 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 311,432 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 320,545 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 409,839 million Kcal | +27.9% |
| 2020 | 371,908 million Kcal | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 386,446 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 411,776 million Kcal | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 459,862 million Kcal | +11.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 459,862 million Kcal is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,524 million Kcal, 22.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 459,862 million Kcal is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 82,159 million Kcal, 5.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Food supply 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +27.9% | 320,545 million Kcal | 409,839 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 297,335 million Kcal | 250,649 million Kcal | 409,839 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 407,498 million Kcal | 371,908 million Kcal | 459,862 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 554,054 million Kcal compare
- 17 Kenya 527,330 million Kcal compare
- 18 Philippines 485,320 million Kcal compare
- 20 Cuba 392,685 million Kcal compare
- 21 Mozambique 383,362 million Kcal compare
- 22 Caribbean 380,022 million Kcal 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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Cameroon?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Cameroon was 459,862 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 459,862 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 250,649 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.2%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.