Yams — Production in Cameroon
Cameroon: Yams — Production was 541,648 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 541,648 t for yams — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Cameroon peaked at 618,136 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 53,480 t, in 1989.
That places Cameroon 6th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 150,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 148,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 146,999 t | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 148,528 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 161,914 t | +9.0% |
| 1967 | 171,991 t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 178,023 t | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 161,158 t | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 223,070 t | +38.4% |
| 1971 | 268,060 t | +20.2% |
| 1972 | 337,160 t | +25.8% |
| 1973 | 355,989 t | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 363,767 t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 300,000 t | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 250,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 230,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 200,000 t | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 210,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 159,766 t | -23.9% |
| 1984 | 137,712 t | -13.8% |
| 1985 | 94,645 t | -31.3% |
| 1986 | 134,306 t | +41.9% |
| 1987 | 110,522 t | -17.7% |
| 1988 | 78,714 t | -28.8% |
| 1989 | 53,480 t | -32.1% |
| 1990 | 89,815 t | +67.9% |
| 1991 | 120,000 t | +33.6% |
| 1992 | 116,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 108,000 t | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 120,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 150,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 253,951 t | +69.3% |
| 1999 | 261,648 t | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 262,610 t | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 264,166 t | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 274,972 t | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 280,326 t | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 286,494 t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 343,270 t | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 366,808 t | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 383,212 t | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 399,615 t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 466,749 t | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 499,564 t | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 517,069 t | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 537,802 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 556,647 t | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 580,088 t | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 602,228 t | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 618,136 t | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 600,614 t | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 587,662 t | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 513,514 t | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 519,245 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 514,454 t | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 543,458 t | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 541,000 t | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 541,648 t | +0.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 541,648 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 95,797 t, 5.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 541,648 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 116,158 t, 4.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +69.3% | 150,000 t | 253,951 t |
| 1990 | +67.9% | 53,480 t | 89,815 t |
| 1986 | +41.9% | 94,645 t | 134,306 t |
| 1970 | +38.4% | 161,158 t | 223,070 t |
| 1989 | -32.1% | 78,714 t | 53,480 t |
| 1985 | -31.3% | 137,712 t | 94,645 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 157,401 t | 146,999 t | 178,023 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 272,805 t | 200,000 t | 363,767 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 138,914 t | 53,480 t | 210,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 145,941 t | 89,815 t | 261,648 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 332,822 t | 262,610 t | 466,749 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 561,332 t | 499,564 t | 618,136 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 531,961 t | 514,454 t | 543,458 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 3 Benin 3.35 million t compare
- 4 Togo 982,384 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 7.66 million t compare
- 5 India 977,000 t compare
- 5 Melanesia 479,958 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 127,840 t compare
- 7 Colombia 408,944 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55,772 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 385,041 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 9,375 t compare
- 9 Guinea 326,092 t compare
- 9 Polynesia 4,940 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 — production in Cameroon?
- Yams — production in Cameroon was 541,648 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 618,136 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,480 t in 1989.
- How does Cameroon rank for yams — production?
- Cameroon ranks 6th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Production. 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.