Yams — Domestic supply quantity in Cameroon
Cameroon: Yams — Domestic supply quantity was 536 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Yams — Domestic supply quantity in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 536 1000 t for yams — domestic supply quantity in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — domestic supply quantity in Cameroon peaked at 668 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 509 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 5th out of 138 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.
Yams — Domestic supply quantity in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 509 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 525 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 538 1000 t | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 556 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 578 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 597 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 619 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 640 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 663 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 668 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 540 1000 t | -19.2% |
| 2021 | 553 1000 t | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 533 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 536 1000 t | +0.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 536 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5 1000 t, 107.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 589.3 1000 t | 509 1000 t | 668 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 540.5 1000 t | 533 1000 t | 553 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 2 Ghana 9,480 1000 t compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 7,937 1000 t compare
- 3 Cote d'Ivoire 7,937 1000 t compare
- 6 Melanesia 479 1000 t compare
- 7 Colombia 403 1000 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 384 1000 t 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 yams — domestic supply quantity in Cameroon?
- Yams — domestic supply quantity in Cameroon was 536 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — domestic supply quantity recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 668 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — domestic supply quantity recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 509 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for yams — domestic supply quantity?
- Cameroon ranks 5th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — domestic supply quantity rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Yams — Domestic supply quantity. 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.