Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.5984 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon is 0.5984 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon peaked at 0.5984 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1707 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Cameroon 140th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2042 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.2019 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 0.1953 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 0.2054 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1966 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.2042 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 0.174 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1808 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 0.208 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1847 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 0.1773 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1824 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 0.1707 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1885 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2144 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1864 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1877 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2068 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2096 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.2122 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.2147 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.2212 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2198 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1941 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1985 | 0.2267 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1986 | 0.2538 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 0.2155 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1988 | 0.2459 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2317 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2374 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.2448 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2532 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2385 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 0.2477 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2841 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1996 | 0.3078 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2986 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2995 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3263 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3242 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3265 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3264 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3234 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3238 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4033 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2006 | 0.418 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4472 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4541 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4675 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4712 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4804 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5044 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5117 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5196 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5423 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5461 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5498 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5862 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5511 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5819 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5761 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5866 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5984 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.5984 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.35 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.5984 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.04 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1967 kg/ha | 0.174 kg/ha | 0.208 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1909 kg/ha | 0.1707 kg/ha | 0.2144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2236 kg/ha | 0.1941 kg/ha | 0.2538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2738 kg/ha | 0.2374 kg/ha | 0.3263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3814 kg/ha | 0.3234 kg/ha | 0.4675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5263 kg/ha | 0.4712 kg/ha | 0.5862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5857 kg/ha | 0.5761 kg/ha | 0.5984 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon was 0.5984 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5984 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1707 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Cameroon rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Cameroon ranks 140th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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, published as part of Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).