Agriculture & Rural in Cameroon

3,887 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Cameroon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production 86,500 t 2023 down 30.8% 78th
Rural population, per square kilometre 26.93 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.8% 106th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 17,658 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 48.0% 144th
Fertilizer consumption 16.4 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 63.1% 154th
Agricultural land 98,969 sq. km 2023 up 1.5% 71st
Arable land 6.20 million hectares 2023 unchanged 40th
Arable land 0.2185 hectares per person 2023 down 24.6% 54th
Arable land 13.1% 2023 unchanged 80th
Permanent cropland 3.6% 2023 up 9.5% 61st
Land area 472,710 sq. km 2023 unchanged 52nd
Meat supply per person 14.76 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 4.1% 165th
Meat supply vs. GDP per capita 14.76 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 4.1% 165th
Fish and seafood consumption per capita 18.12 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 12.0% 83rd
Fish and seafood consumption vs. GDP per capita 18.12 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 12.0% 83rd
Fertilizer use per hectare of arable land 16.4 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 63.1% 154th
Share of land area used for agriculture 20.9% 2023 up 1.5% 147th
Share of land area used for arable agriculture 13.1% 2023 unchanged 80th
Projections for global peak agricultural land 9.90 million hectares 2023 up 1.5% 72nd
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel 9,000 tonnes 2023 down 95.4% 102nd
Per capita meat consumption by type 2.84 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 12.9% 22nd
Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 5.09 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 6.3% 159th
Daily meat consumption per person 40.44 grams per day per capita 2023 up 4.1% 165th
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... 119.50 million tonnes 2023 up 15.4% 166th
Per capita meat consumption in the United States 4.23 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 23.7% 165th
Share of cereals allocated to human food 86.8% 2023 up 13.7% 48th
Share of cereals allocated to human food vs. GDP per capita 86.8% 2023 up 13.7% 48th
Share of cereals allocated to animal feed 13.0% 2023 down 30.6% 138th
Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses 0.2% 2023 down 96.4% 119th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? 1.88 million tonnes 2023 up 4.5% 69th
Agricultural land use 9.90 million hectares 2023 up 1.5% 72nd
Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel 4.39 million tonnes 2023 up 42.7% 57th
Per capita meat and fish consumption 4.23 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 23.7% 165th
Fertilizer use per capita 1.69 Kilograms per capita 2023 up 138.0% 80th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade 1.5% 2023 down 76.6% 59th
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 12.87 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 59.9% 154th
Change in food supply, population, and agricultural land use 82.31 billion kilocalories per day 2023 up 34.2% 51st
Nitrogen fertilizer use 40,209 tonnes 2023 up 8.3% 98th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, annual growth rate -0.1244 % change on previous year 2024 down 104.0% 65th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.6292 % change on previous year 2024 down 53.6% 35th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 1,491 kg/ha 2024 down 3.4% 80th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 364,317 1000 USD 2024 up 51.6% 59th
Beans, dry — Area harvested 300,202 ha 2024 up 11.3% 18th
Beans, dry — Production 388,217 t 2024 up 13.4% 16th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Gross Production Value 14,418 1000 Int$ 2024 up 3.4% 48th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 132.08 2024 up 26.6% 32nd
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross per capita 103 2024 down 4.1% 59th
Meat, Total — Production, per capita 0.0144 t per person 2024 down 6.5% 119th
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) 55,173 t 2024 up 20.8% 50th
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area 26,241 ha 2024 up 20.5% 14th
Beans, dry — Gross Production Value 295,914 1000 Int$ 2024 up 13.4% 16th
Beans, dry — Yield 1,293 kg/ha 2024 up 1.9% 58th
Meat, Total — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.7% 43rd
Fruit Primary — Production, per capita 0.2124 t per person 2024 down 24.2% 25th
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
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 4,626 1000 No 2025 up 11.6% 26th
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 2,464 1000 No 2025 up 22.5% 29th
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 2,162 1000 No 2025 up 1.4% 21st
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 41.9 % 2025 down 10.3% 30th