Watermelons — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Watermelons — Yield was 15,034 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Watermelons — Yield in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Cameroon stood at 15,034 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Cameroon peaked at 27,158 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14,350 kg/ha, in 2005.
Cameroon ranks 93rd of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Watermelons — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15,152 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 16,279 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 18,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 20,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 20,968 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 22,059 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 24,286 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 25,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 26,136 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 27,137 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 27,158 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 26,712 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 18,152 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2003 | 17,012 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 15,946 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 14,350 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 15,133 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 20,948 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 2008 | 26,364 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2009 | 25,304 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 22,186 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2011 | 22,212 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 21,350 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 22,449 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 24,959 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 24,384 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 24,118 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 27,055 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2018 | 23,725 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 25,292 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 20,280 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2021 | 17,680 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 17,228 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 15,014 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 15,034 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 15,034 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,115 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 15,034 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,502 kg/ha | 15,152 kg/ha | 27,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,708 kg/ha | 14,350 kg/ha | 27,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,773 kg/ha | 21,350 kg/ha | 27,055 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,047 kg/ha | 15,014 kg/ha | 20,280 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 90 Guadeloupe 15,615 kg/ha compare
- 91 Afghanistan 15,531 kg/ha compare
- 92 Brunei Darussalam 15,196 kg/ha compare
- 94 Ecuador 15,021 kg/ha compare
- 95 Qatar 14,885 kg/ha compare
- 96 Senegal 14,712 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Cameroon
- 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 watermelons — yield in Cameroon?
- Watermelons — yield in Cameroon was 15,034 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 27,158 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,350 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Cameroon rank for watermelons — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 93rd out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.