Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 125.7 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 125.7 for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Cameroon peaked at 133.88 in 1970 and was at its lowest, 49.05, in 1991.
Cameroon ranks 17th of 101 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 133.54 | — |
| 1962 | 119.14 | -10.8% |
| 1963 | 107.03 | -10.2% |
| 1964 | 94.35 | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 112.47 | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 94.62 | -15.9% |
| 1967 | 100.44 | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 105.86 | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 115.44 | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 133.88 | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 111.42 | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 131.82 | +18.3% |
| 1973 | 119.35 | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 120.74 | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 109.44 | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 106.54 | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 100.12 | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 97.43 | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 91.23 | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 88.31 | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 91.82 | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 89.66 | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 69.02 | -23.0% |
| 1984 | 58.3 | -15.5% |
| 1985 | 65.16 | +11.8% |
| 1986 | 66.1 | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 83.63 | +26.5% |
| 1988 | 81.17 | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 78.83 | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 100.68 | +27.7% |
| 1991 | 49.05 | -51.3% |
| 1992 | 51.45 | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 53.68 | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 55.77 | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 57.73 | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 59.03 | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 55.67 | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 60.38 | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 70.97 | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 67.56 | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 66.14 | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 66.91 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 66.52 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 66.17 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 69.91 | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 72.93 | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 67.61 | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 73.38 | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 80.49 | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 84.96 | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 88.01 | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 90.9 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 94.19 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 95.2 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 99.55 | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 105.25 | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 103.93 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 112.61 | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 119.05 | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 114.12 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 114.41 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 121.13 | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 123.71 | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 125.7 | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109.21 | 94.35 | 133.54 | 9 |
| 1970s | 112.2 | 91.23 | 133.88 | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.2 | 58.3 | 91.82 | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.44 | 49.05 | 100.68 | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.76 | 66.14 | 80.49 | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.36 | 84.96 | 119.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.81 | 114.12 | 125.7 | 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 sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Cameroon?
- Sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Cameroon was 125.7 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 133.88 in 1970.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.05 in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number?
- Cameroon ranks 17th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.