Vegetables Primary — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 4,593 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Cameroon is 4,593 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Cameroon peaked at 6,368 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 2,623 kg/ha, in 1998.
Cameroon ranks 177th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,025 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,048 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 6,037 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 6,159 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,203 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 6,089 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 6,272 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 6,368 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 6,347 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 6,309 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 6,200 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 5,755 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 5,917 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 6,050 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 5,918 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 5,510 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 5,603 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 5,792 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 5,675 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 5,952 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 6,092 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 6,246 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 6,257 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,348 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 5,998 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 6,154 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 6,121 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 6,158 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 6,160 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,032 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1991 | 3,644 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 3,408 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 3,158 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 3,028 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 2,968 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 2,800 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 2,784 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 2,623 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 3,685 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 2000 | 3,789 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 3,737 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 3,700 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 3,222 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2004 | 3,249 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,179 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 4,468 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 4,520 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 4,052 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 3,529 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 3,568 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 4,082 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 4,220 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 4,320 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 4,199 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 4,135 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 4,151 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 4,334 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 4,514 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 4,351 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 4,461 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 4,430 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,565 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 4,572 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,593 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 4,593 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 4,593 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +40.5% | 2,623 kg/ha | 3,685 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -34.5% | 6,160 kg/ha | 4,032 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +28.6% | 3,249 kg/ha | 4,179 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,172 kg/ha | 6,025 kg/ha | 6,368 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,873 kg/ha | 5,510 kg/ha | 6,309 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,149 kg/ha | 5,952 kg/ha | 6,348 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,213 kg/ha | 2,623 kg/ha | 4,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,844 kg/ha | 3,222 kg/ha | 4,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,187 kg/ha | 3,568 kg/ha | 4,514 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,524 kg/ha | 4,430 kg/ha | 4,593 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 vegetables primary — yield in Cameroon?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Cameroon was 4,593 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6,368 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,623 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Cameroon rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.