Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,491 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cameroon stood at 1,491 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cameroon peaked at 1,596 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 432.2 kg/ha, in 1980.
Cameroon ranks 80th of 128 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 638.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 683 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 566.1 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1964 | 540 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 538.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 664.3 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1967 | 875.1 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1968 | 1,020 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1969 | 587.8 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 1970 | 620.6 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 640.3 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 557.6 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1973 | 536.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 563.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 698.7 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1976 | 709.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 661.6 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 693.7 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 485 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1980 | 432.2 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1981 | 1,130 kg/ha | +161.5% |
| 1982 | 655.5 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1983 | 742.8 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 545 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1985 | 1,188 kg/ha | +118.1% |
| 1986 | 1,567 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1987 | 1,218 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 599.9 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1990 | 738.1 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1991 | 600.1 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg/ha | +66.6% |
| 1993 | 934.7 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 1,000 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,382 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 2000 | 1,382 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,289 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 1,304 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,319 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1,313 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,366 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 1,409 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1,389 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,410 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 1,432 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 1,453 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 1,474 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,496 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1,517 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,543 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,580 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,484 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 1,550 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 1,596 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,530 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,585 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 1,513 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,507 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,502 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,491 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,491 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,398 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,491 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 887.1 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +161.5% | 432.2 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +118.1% | 545 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +66.6% | 600.1 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 679.3 kg/ha | 538.5 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 616.7 kg/ha | 485 kg/ha | 709.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 907.88 kg/ha | 432.2 kg/ha | 1,567 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 965.53 kg/ha | 600.1 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,361 kg/ha | 1,289 kg/ha | 1,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,522 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 1,596 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,519 kg/ha | 1,491 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cameroon?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cameroon was 1,491 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,596 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 432.2 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Cameroon rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 80th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.