Agriculture & Rural in Cameroon

30 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Cameroon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% 2023 down 6.6% 9th
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% 2023 down 32.4% 95th
Rural population 44.3% 2025 down 6.4% 74th
Rural population growth 2.0% 2025 down 18.7% 19th
Rural population 13.25 million 2025 up 22.9% 43rd
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% 2025 down 2.1% 45th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ 2025 up 79.1% 58th
Land under cereal production 2.17 million hectares 2024 up 5.5% 53rd
Cereal yield 1,770 kg per hectare 2024 up 8.6% 132nd
Cereal production 3.85 million metric tons 2024 up 14.5% 69th
Fertilizer consumption 16.4 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 63.1% 154th
Land area 472,710 sq. km 2023 unchanged 52nd
Agricultural land 98,969 sq. km 2023 up 1.5% 71st
Agricultural land 20.9% 2023 up 1.5% 148th
Arable land 6.20 million hectares 2023 unchanged 40th
Permanent cropland 3.6% 2023 up 9.5% 61st
Arable land 13.1% 2023 unchanged 80th
Arable land 0.2185 hectares per person 2023 down 24.6% 54th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 44.8% 2025 down 13.6% 35th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 39.6% 2025 down 6.2% 38th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 41.9% 2025 down 10.3% 37th
Average precipitation in depth 1,604 mm per year 2022 unchanged 52nd
Crop production index 108.5 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 21.0% 77th
Food production index 107.84 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 22.4% 91st
Livestock production index 110.47 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 45.4% 82nd
Forest area 42.7% 2023 down 2.7% 69th
Forest area 201,725 sq. km 2023 down 2.7% 30th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 67.7% 2022 unchanged 76th
Surface area 475,440 sq. km 2023 unchanged 55th
Access to electricity, rural 42.7% 2024 up 127.1% 185th