FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Cameroon
According to FAOSTAT, Cameroon produced 3.8 million t of cereals, 3.1 million t of vegetables, 6.2 million t of fruit, 418,231 t of meat and 288,775 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were cassava (6.7 million t), plantains (4.7 million t) and oil palm fruit (2.9 million t).
- Products recorded
- 106
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 13
- products
- Year
- 2024
Cameroon ranks second or third in the world for plantains, taro, kola nuts and dry bambara beans.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in sweet potatoes (+74%), followed by cassava (+48%).
Livestock numbers: 5.9 million cattle, 2.3 million pigs, 3.6 million sheep and 6.6 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All roots and tubers | 10,196,669 | 21 | 1.08% | +38% |
| All fruit | 6,186,298 | 34 | 0.65% | +0.1% |
| All cereals | 3,846,199 | 70 | 0.12% | +15% |
| All vegetables | 3,125,285 | 38 | 0.26% | +20% |
| All sugar crops | 872,377 | 79 | 0.04% | −27% |
| All pulses | 680,403 | 27 | 0.7% | +22% |
| All meat | 418,231 | 78 | 0.11% | +23% |
| All milk | 288,775 | 109 | 0.03% | +10% |
| All eggs | 89,678 | 58 | 0.09% | +85% |
| All tree nuts | 1,067 | 96 | 0.01% | −12% |
| All citrus fruit | 226 | 129 | 0% | +47% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassava | 6,658,483 | 14 | 1.95% | +48% |
| Plantains | 4,663,350 | 3 | 10.46% | +4.3% |
| Oil palm fruit | 2,947,380 | 10 | 0.7% | +40% |
| Maize | 2,200,000 | 43 | 0.18% | +12% |
| Taro | 1,946,970 | 2 | 10.69% | +15% |
| Tomatoes | 1,279,204 | 20 | 0.68% | +35% |
| Sorghum | 1,200,000 | 15 | 1.87% | +4.3% |
| Sugar cane | 872,377 | 54 | 0.04% | −27% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 819,391 | 24 | 0.29% | +7.8% |
| Bananas | 805,353 | 29 | 0.58% | −25% |
| Sweet potatoes | 633,125 | 19 | 0.7% | +74% |
| Yams | 541,648 | 7 | 0.59% | −6.6% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 540,000 | 18 | 0.94% | −6.7% |
| Seed cotton | 490,900 | 14 | 0.67% | +82% |
| Beans, dry | 388,217 | 17 | 1.28% | +13% |
| Onions, dry | 376,222 | 39 | 0.35% | +27% |
| Potatoes | 370,206 | 75 | 0.09% | +68% |
| Rice (paddy) | 345,583 | 56 | 0.04% | +126% |
| Cocoa beans | 320,000 | 6 | 6.11% | +19% |
| Palm oil | 320,000 | 13 | 0.4% | +29% |
| Pineapples | 318,508 | 24 | 1.08% | +13% |
| Cotton seed | 280,000 | 16 | 0.68% | +80% |
| Cucumbers | 265,462 | 19 | 0.3% | +19% |
| Cow peas, dry | 250,312 | 5 | 2.48% | +41% |
| Cow milk | 210,321 | 114 | 0.03% | +9.1% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 183,924 | 29 | 0.53% | +3.1% |
| Cotton lint | 178,500 | 16 | 0.72% | +96% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 151,178 | 32 | 0.39% | −5.2% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 127,281 | 61 | 0.18% | +19% |
| Soybeans | 116,690 | 41 | 0.03% | +799% |
| Chicken meat | 113,200 | 83 | 0.09% | +52% |
| Watermelons | 112,157 | 60 | 0.11% | +61% |
| Millet | 100,000 | 22 | 0.32% | +5.8% |
| Palm kernels | 92,000 | 13 | 0.48% | +46% |
| Hen eggs | 89,678 | 58 | 0.1% | +85% |
| Raw sugar | 86,500 | 77 | 0.05% | −31% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 81,813 | 7 | 3.99% | +16% |
| Avocados | 76,239 | 24 | 0.68% | +2.7% |
| Okra | 75,309 | 14 | 0.57% | −0.9% |
| Sesame seed | 75,000 | 17 | 1.12% | +33% |
| Groundnut oil | 63,800 | 12 | 0.99% | +8.7% |
| Cabbages | 63,633 | 61 | 0.08% | +2.6% |
| Goat milk | 59,607 | 38 | 0.29% | +22% |
| Natural rubber | 55,700 | 19 | 0.38% | +1.3% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 55,173 | 51 | 0.12% | +21% |
| Ginger | 52,978 | 9 | 1.08% | +3.8% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 51,292 | 67 | 0.04% | +24% |
| Kola nuts | 48,538 | 3 | 15.3% | −1.3% |
| Melons | 47,683 | 43 | 0.17% | +2.9% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 46,237 | 22 | 0.47% | +9.4% |
| Melonseed | 46,014 | 4 | 4.72% | +4.4% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 42,822 | 17 | 0.78% | +16% |
| Bambara beans, dry | 37,965 | 3 | 15.95% | +11% |
| Oil of palm kernel | 37,800 | 13 | 0.45% | +40% |
| Cottonseed oil | 35,100 | 10 | 0.84% | +86% |
| Coffee, green | 29,774 | 25 | 0.26% | −28% |
| Goat meat | 27,946 | 30 | 0.36% | +1.8% |
| Tea leaves | 24,684 | 24 | 0.08% | +14% |
| Molasses | 23,005 | 84 | 0.03% | −31% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 21,306 | 51 | 0.22% | +19% |
| Sheep milk | 18,847 | 44 | 0.19% | −6.2% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 18,539 | 50 | 0.21% | +19% |
| Soya bean oil | 17,518 | 61 | 0.03% | — |
| Sheep meat | 16,455 | 63 | 0.14% | −3.6% |
| Other stone fruits | 7,225 | 11 | 1.17% | +5.5% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 6,437 | 47 | 0.11% | +3.4% |
| Tea, packed | 5,600 | 34 | 0.08% | −19% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 5,589 | 28 | 0.38% | +1.8% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 5,207 | 43 | 0.06% | +24% |
| Honey | 4,842 | 46 | 0.24% | +10% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 4,800 | 64 | 0.01% | +20% |
| Other beans, green | 4,364 | 62 | 0.02% | +4.0% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 4,150 | 50 | 0.12% | +19% |
| Fat of pigs | 4,119 | 44 | 0.04% | +24% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 3,512 | 66 | 0.08% | +4.7% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 2,795 | 39 | 0.18% | +1.8% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,732 | 57 | 0.14% | −3.6% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 2,732 | 56 | 0.13% | −3.6% |
| Eggplants | 2,233 | 69 | 0% | +3.9% |
| Apricots | 1,097 | 54 | 0.02% | +19% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 1,035 | 73 | 0% | +5.5% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 889 | 85 | 0% | +2.5% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 838 | 29 | 0.27% | +1.7% |
| Other nuts | 758 | 52 | 0.07% | −15% |
| Plums | 624 | 75 | 0% | +6.5% |
| Wheat | 616 | 118 | 0% | −28% |
| Dates | 593 | 32 | 0.01% | +4.2% |
| Coconut oil | 558 | 41 | 0.02% | −7.0% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 428 | 64 | 0.07% | −3.6% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 398 | 55 | 0.01% | +6.4% |
| Leeks | 371 | 45 | 0.02% | +29% |
| Beeswax | 310 | 20 | 0.48% | +4.0% |
| Hazelnuts, in shell | 164 | 30 | 0.01% | −6.3% |
| Chicory roots | 154 | 8 | 0.63% | +6.2% |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | 147 | 45 | 0.02% | −43% |
| Chestnuts, in shell | 145 | 23 | 0.01% | +0.7% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 140 | 62 | 0.01% | −44% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 137 | 72 | 0% | +38% |
| Jute, raw or retted | 104 | 16 | 0% | +3.0% |
| Pepper (black, white) | 100 | 41 | 0.01% | +7.5% |
| Rabbit meat | 96 | 36 | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| Figs | 94 | 44 | 0.01% | +4.4% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 90 | 57 | 0% | +64% |
| Papayas | 47 | 70 | 0% | +21% |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | 12 | 42 | 0.01% | −46% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 7 | 123 | 0% | — |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.