Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was -2.64 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded -2.64 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon peaked at 0.4467 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, -2.7 kg/ha, in 2019.
Cameroon ranks 166th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.7151 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -0.7617 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | -0.8383 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1964 | -0.8058 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | -0.7864 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | -0.7798 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | -0.7365 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | -0.69 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | -0.8554 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1970 | -0.612 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1971 | -0.7818 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1972 | -0.7866 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | -0.676 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1974 | -0.7842 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1975 | -0.8967 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | -0.6198 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1977 | -0.2204 kg/ha | -64.4% |
| 1978 | -0.0786 kg/ha | -64.3% |
| 1979 | -0.146 kg/ha | +85.8% |
| 1980 | -0.0137 kg/ha | -90.6% |
| 1981 | -0.044 kg/ha | +221.2% |
| 1982 | -0.3693 kg/ha | +739.3% |
| 1983 | -0.3522 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | -0.0297 kg/ha | -91.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0624 kg/ha | -310.1% |
| 1986 | 0.1416 kg/ha | +126.9% |
| 1987 | 0.4467 kg/ha | +215.5% |
| 1988 | -0.2154 kg/ha | -148.2% |
| 1989 | -0.1913 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | -0.273 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1991 | -0.4264 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1992 | -0.4164 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | -0.4292 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | -0.5199 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1995 | -0.7555 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1996 | -0.8958 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1997 | -0.6633 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1998 | -0.6692 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | -0.5717 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2000 | -0.6421 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2001 | -0.5083 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2002 | -0.6067 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2003 | -0.5241 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2004 | -0.6139 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2005 | -1.33 kg/ha | +116.2% |
| 2006 | -1.29 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | -1.66 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2008 | -1.69 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | -1.89 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | -1.67 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | -1.56 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | -1.96 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2013 | -2.3 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2014 | -2.18 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | -2.39 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | -2.57 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | -2.64 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | -2.55 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | -2.7 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | -2.67 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | -2.42 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2022 | -2.6 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | -2.64 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's -2.64 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6913 kg/ha. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's -2.64 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3837 kg/ha, 6.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | -739.3% | -0.044 kg/ha | -0.3693 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +310.1% | -0.0297 kg/ha | 0.0624 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -221.2% | -0.0137 kg/ha | -0.044 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +215.5% | 0.1416 kg/ha | 0.4467 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -148.2% | 0.4467 kg/ha | -0.2154 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.7743 kg/ha | -0.8554 kg/ha | -0.69 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.5602 kg/ha | -0.8967 kg/ha | -0.0786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.0565 kg/ha | -0.3693 kg/ha | 0.4467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.562 kg/ha | -0.8958 kg/ha | -0.273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.07 kg/ha | -1.89 kg/ha | -0.5083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -2.25 kg/ha | -2.7 kg/ha | -1.56 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -2.58 kg/ha | -2.67 kg/ha | -2.42 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 phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Cameroon was -2.64 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4467 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.7 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Cameroon rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Cameroon ranks 166th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 phosphorus 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 (%).