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 5th of 106 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
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 share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 805,353 t (2024)
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 5th out of 106 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.