Oil yields by crop type in Cameroon
Cameroon: Oil yields by crop type was 0.3485 tonnes per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil yields by crop type in Cameroon, 1985–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil yields by crop type in Cameroon is 0.3485 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil yields by crop type in Cameroon peaked at 0.625 tonnes per hectare in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2929 tonnes per hectare, in 1992.
That places Cameroon 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Oil yields by crop type in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1986 | 0.3046 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3092 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.3138 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.3185 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.2991 tonnes per hectare | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2987 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2929 tonnes per hectare | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2957 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3022 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3046 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.32 tonnes per hectare | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.331 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3626 tonnes per hectare | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 0.3563 tonnes per hectare | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3636 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3529 tonnes per hectare | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3517 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3509 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3838 tonnes per hectare | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4097 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 0.4354 tonnes per hectare | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.439 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.545 tonnes per hectare | +24.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5295 tonnes per hectare | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5632 tonnes per hectare | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4 tonnes per hectare | -29.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3643 tonnes per hectare | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 0.375 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.625 tonnes per hectare | +66.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3519 tonnes per hectare | -43.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3513 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3394 tonnes per hectare | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3271 tonnes per hectare | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3676 tonnes per hectare | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3485 tonnes per hectare | -5.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.3485 tonnes per hectare is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1761 tonnes per hectare, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.3485 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1294 tonnes per hectare, 2.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil yields by crop type 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +66.7% | 0.375 tonnes per hectare | 0.625 tonnes per hectare |
| 2018 | -43.7% | 0.625 tonnes per hectare | 0.3519 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3092 tonnes per hectare | 0.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.3185 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.3163 tonnes per hectare | 0.2929 tonnes per hectare | 0.3626 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3859 tonnes per hectare | 0.3509 tonnes per hectare | 0.439 tonnes per hectare | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4561 tonnes per hectare | 0.3513 tonnes per hectare | 0.625 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.3456 tonnes per hectare | 0.3271 tonnes per hectare | 0.3676 tonnes per hectare | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 0.4396 tonnes per hectare compare
- 16 Honduras 0.3886 tonnes per hectare compare
- 17 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3683 tonnes per hectare compare
- 19 Philippines 0.3309 tonnes per hectare compare
- 20 Mozambique 0.3188 tonnes per hectare compare
- 21 Papua New Guinea 0.2614 tonnes per hectare compare
More energy & mining data for Cameroon
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 3.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 24.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil yields by crop type in Cameroon?
- Oil yields by crop type in Cameroon was 0.3485 tonnes per hectare in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil yields by crop type recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.625 tonnes per hectare in 2016.
- What is the lowest oil yields by crop type recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2929 tonnes per hectare in 1992.
- How does Cameroon rank for oil yields by crop type?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil yields by crop type rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil yields by crop type. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average amount of coconut oil produced per hectare of coconut crops harvested. Note that this calculates the oil yield per hectare, which is different from the yield of the total crop, because not all of the crop can be used for oil.