Yams — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Yams — Yield was 6,728 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Cameroon stood at 6,728 kg/ha.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Cameroon peaked at 12,120 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,961 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Cameroon 38th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,111 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 4,121 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 4,182 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 4,164 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 3,473 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1968 | 3,436 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 3,453 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 3,611 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 4,390 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1972 | 5,650 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1973 | 5,058 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 4,643 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 4,464 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 4,182 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 3,636 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 3,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,818 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 3,818 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,804 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 5,266 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1985 | 3,281 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 1986 | 4,091 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1987 | 4,078 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 2,961 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1989 | 3,463 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 3,931 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1992 | 5,524 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 6,000 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 7,059 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1995 | 7,156 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 7,500 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 7,895 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 7,936 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 9,321 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 9,366 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 9,434 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 7,664 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 7,660 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 7,675 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 9,781 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2006 | 10,075 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 12,100 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2008 | 12,100 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,120 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 11,159 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 10,135 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 11,264 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 10,384 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 11,189 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 11,086 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 8,380 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2017 | 9,140 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 8,472 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 7,207 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2020 | 7,260 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 7,430 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 7,437 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,017 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 6,728 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 6,728 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 6,728 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,919 kg/ha | 3,436 kg/ha | 4,182 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,427 kg/ha | 3,611 kg/ha | 5,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,822 kg/ha | 2,961 kg/ha | 5,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,732 kg/ha | 3,931 kg/ha | 9,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,798 kg/ha | 7,660 kg/ha | 12,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,842 kg/ha | 7,207 kg/ha | 11,264 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,174 kg/ha | 6,728 kg/ha | 7,437 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 yams — yield in Cameroon?
- Yams — yield in Cameroon was 6,728 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 12,120 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,961 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Cameroon rank for yams — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 38th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. 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 — 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.