Yams — Food supply in Cameroon
Cameroon: Yams — Food supply was 342,191 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Yams — Food supply in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 342,191 million Kcal for yams — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Cameroon peaked at 365,064 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 270,793 million Kcal, in 2010.
Cameroon ranks 6th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 270,793 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 278,683 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 286,894 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 295,560 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 304,657 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 313,808 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 322,811 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 331,720 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 340,963 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 348,670 million Kcal | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 356,160 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 365,064 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 343,875 million Kcal | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 342,191 million Kcal | -0.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 342,191 million Kcal is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,731 million Kcal, 91.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 342,191 million Kcal is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,053 million Kcal, 22.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 309,456 million Kcal | 270,793 million Kcal | 348,670 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 351,822 million Kcal | 342,191 million Kcal | 365,064 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 — food supply in Cameroon?
- Yams — food supply in Cameroon was 342,191 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 365,064 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 270,793 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for yams — food supply?
- Cameroon ranks 6th out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. 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 — Food supply (kcal). 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.