Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area was 1.3 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen 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 nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Cameroon is 1.3 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.2% on the previous year and down 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Cameroon peaked at 11.23 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 1.3 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Cameroon 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.04 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.14 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 3.28 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 3.19 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 3.88 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1966 | 4.7 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1967 | 5.25 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 5.73 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 5.28 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 6.46 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 6.38 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 6.33 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 6.94 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 6.46 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 6.33 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 7.21 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1977 | 9.33 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1978 | 10.19 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 9.12 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1980 | 9.87 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 9.72 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 8.65 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 9.43 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 10.66 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1985 | 11.02 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 9.94 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 11.23 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 10.39 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 9.68 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 9.42 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 8.15 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 8.21 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 8.14 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 8.41 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 7.39 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 7.17 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 7.61 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 6.99 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 7.43 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 7.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 8.01 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 6.7 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 7.19 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 8.59 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 5.05 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 2006 | 4.58 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 4.49 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.63 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 4.56 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 4.22 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 6.42 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 2012 | 2.96 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 2013 | 4.21 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2014 | 2.65 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2015 | 2.81 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 2.94 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 2.62 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 2.06 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 2.53 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2020 | 2.71 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 2.84 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 2.77 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.3 kg/ha | -53.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 18.65 kg/ha, 7% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.16 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.17 kg/ha | 3.04 kg/ha | 5.73 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.47 kg/ha | 6.33 kg/ha | 10.19 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.06 kg/ha | 8.65 kg/ha | 11.23 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.89 kg/ha | 6.99 kg/ha | 9.42 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.09 kg/ha | 4.49 kg/ha | 8.59 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.34 kg/ha | 2.06 kg/ha | 6.42 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4 kg/ha | 1.3 kg/ha | 2.84 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 nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Cameroon?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Cameroon was 1.3 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 11.23 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Cameroon rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Cameroon ranks 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 (%).