Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 6,780 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Cameroon stood at 6,780 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Cameroon peaked at 7,815 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,532 kg/ha, in 1965.
Cameroon ranks 76th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,574 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,619 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 2,590 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 2,775 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 2,532 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 2,857 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 2,957 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 3,078 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 2,696 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 3,791 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1971 | 3,243 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1972 | 3,805 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1973 | 3,669 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 3,523 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 3,500 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,462 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 3,462 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,421 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 3,421 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,684 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 3,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,143 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1984 | 4,549 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1985 | 5,500 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1986 | 5,750 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 7,500 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1988 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,815 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 6,386 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1992 | 6,334 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 6,282 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 6,230 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 6,178 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 6,106 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 6,908 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 7,478 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 6,590 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2000 | 6,458 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 6,486 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 4,555 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2003 | 4,349 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 4,156 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 6,759 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 2006 | 6,660 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 5,503 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2008 | 5,999 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 5,429 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 5,418 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 4,990 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 6,000 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2013 | 5,429 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 5,896 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 5,943 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 6,920 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 6,100 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 6,682 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 7,580 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 6,939 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 6,526 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 6,602 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 6,731 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 6,780 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 6,780 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 6,780 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +62.6% | 4,156 kg/ha | 6,759 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +44.7% | 3,143 kg/ha | 4,549 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +40.6% | 2,696 kg/ha | 3,791 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,742 kg/ha | 2,532 kg/ha | 3,078 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,537 kg/ha | 3,243 kg/ha | 3,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,223 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,631 kg/ha | 6,106 kg/ha | 7,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,635 kg/ha | 4,156 kg/ha | 6,759 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,096 kg/ha | 4,990 kg/ha | 7,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,715 kg/ha | 6,526 kg/ha | 6,939 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 sweet potatoes — yield in Cameroon?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Cameroon was 6,780 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 7,815 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,532 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Cameroon rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 76th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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 — 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.