Cameroon vs Congo: Oil palm fruit yields
Cameroon
13.16 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Congo
12.47 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Congo rank
18th
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- Cameroon
- Congo
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 13.16 tonnes per hectare against 12.47 tonnes per hectare in Congo, a difference of 0.69 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Congo ranks 18th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Congo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.03 tonnes per hectare | 12.69 tonnes per hectare | 2.33 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 15.23 tonnes per hectare | 13.04 tonnes per hectare | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 15.89 tonnes per hectare | 12.2 tonnes per hectare | 3.69 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 19.39 tonnes per hectare | 12.21 tonnes per hectare | 7.18 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 20.15 tonnes per hectare | 12.5 tonnes per hectare | 7.65 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 14.76 tonnes per hectare | 12.49 tonnes per hectare | 2.27 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 12.36 tonnes per hectare | 12.48 tonnes per hectare | 0.1221 tonnes per hectare | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, Cameroon or Congo?
- Cameroon, at 13.16 tonnes per hectare against 12.47 tonnes per hectare in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between Cameroon and Congo?
- 0.69 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Congo?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Congo rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Congo ranks 18th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.