Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty was 1,770 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Cameroon is 1,770 kg per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Cameroon peaked at 1,893 kg per hectare in 1999 and was at its lowest, 959.3 kg per hectare, in 1993.
That places Cameroon 132nd out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,266 kg per hectare | 959.3 kg per hectare | 1,893 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,679 kg per hectare | 1,563 kg per hectare | 1,764 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,684 kg per hectare | 1,578 kg per hectare | 1,850 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,726 kg per hectare | 1,671 kg per hectare | 1,770 kg per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More poverty & inequality data for Cameroon
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.32 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.0% (2019)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.558 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2072 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.3% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5286 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 74.0% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Cameroon?
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Cameroon was 1,770 kg per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,893 kg per hectare in 1999.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 959.3 kg per hectare in 1993.
- How does Cameroon rank for cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Cameroon ranks 132nd out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.