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Maize (corn) production in Cameroon

Maize (corn) production in Cameroon was 2,200,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 43rd highest of 169 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes2,200,000
Change on 20230%
Rank43rd of 169Countries ranked
Series high2,398,6372018
Series low309,7521985

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Maize (corn) production in Cameroon, 1961 to 2024

0500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611971198119912001201120241961: 360,000 tonnes1962: 350,000 tonnes1963: 340,000 tonnes1964: 330,000 tonnes1965: 330,000 tonnes1966: 320,000 tonnes1967: 310,000 tonnes1968: 355,000 tonnes1969: 400,000 tonnes1970: 412,000 tonnes1971: 445,000 tonnes1972: 448,000 tonnes1973: 448,000 tonnes1974: 500,000 tonnes1975: 661,620 tonnes1976: 465,469 tonnes1977: 477,338 tonnes1978: 400,983 tonnes1979: 407,638 tonnes1980: 413,680 tonnes1981: 431,495 tonnes1982: 503,120 tonnes1983: 488,800 tonnes1984: 375,063 tonnes1985: 309,752 tonnes1986: 389,269 tonnes1987: 386,887 tonnes1988: 366,735 tonnes1989: 387,321 tonnes1990: 369,000 tonnes1991: 495,000 tonnes1992: 531,000 tonnes1993: 507,000 tonnes1994: 524,000 tonnes1995: 618,000 tonnes1996: 750,000 tonnes1997: 760,000 tonnes1998: 793,000 tonnes1999: 785,000 tonnes2000: 741,447 tonnes2001: 738,627 tonnes2002: 861,456 tonnes2003: 912,280 tonnes2004: 966,106 tonnes2005: 1,050,396 tonnes2006: 1,249,489 tonnes2007: 1,322,160 tonnes2008: 1,394,832 tonnes2009: 1,625,213 tonnes2010: 1,670,321 tonnes2011: 1,572,067 tonnes2012: 1,749,976 tonnes2013: 1,647,036 tonnes2014: 1,959,262 tonnes2015: 2,070,572 tonnes2016: 2,195,941 tonnes2017: 2,169,226 tonnes2018: 2,398,637 tonnes2019: 2,217,215 tonnes2020: 2,087,957 tonnes2021: 2,100,000 tonnes2022: 2,200,000 tonnes2023: 2,200,000 tonnes2024: 2,200,000 tonnes01M2M3M19611983200520241961: 360,000 tonnes1962: 350,000 tonnes1963: 340,000 tonnes1964: 330,000 tonnes1965: 330,000 tonnes1966: 320,000 tonnes1967: 310,000 tonnes1968: 355,000 tonnes1969: 400,000 tonnes1970: 412,000 tonnes1971: 445,000 tonnes1972: 448,000 tonnes1973: 448,000 tonnes1974: 500,000 tonnes1975: 661,620 tonnes1976: 465,469 tonnes1977: 477,338 tonnes1978: 400,983 tonnes1979: 407,638 tonnes1980: 413,680 tonnes1981: 431,495 tonnes1982: 503,120 tonnes1983: 488,800 tonnes1984: 375,063 tonnes1985: 309,752 tonnes1986: 389,269 tonnes1987: 386,887 tonnes1988: 366,735 tonnes1989: 387,321 tonnes1990: 369,000 tonnes1991: 495,000 tonnes1992: 531,000 tonnes1993: 507,000 tonnes1994: 524,000 tonnes1995: 618,000 tonnes1996: 750,000 tonnes1997: 760,000 tonnes1998: 793,000 tonnes1999: 785,000 tonnes2000: 741,447 tonnes2001: 738,627 tonnes2002: 861,456 tonnes2003: 912,280 tonnes2004: 966,106 tonnes2005: 1,050,396 tonnes2006: 1,249,489 tonnes2007: 1,322,160 tonnes2008: 1,394,832 tonnes2009: 1,625,213 tonnes2010: 1,670,321 tonnes2011: 1,572,067 tonnes2012: 1,749,976 tonnes2013: 1,647,036 tonnes2014: 1,959,262 tonnes2015: 2,070,572 tonnes2016: 2,195,941 tonnes2017: 2,169,226 tonnes2018: 2,398,637 tonnes2019: 2,217,215 tonnes2020: 2,087,957 tonnes2021: 2,100,000 tonnes2022: 2,200,000 tonnes2023: 2,200,000 tonnes2024: 2,200,000 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
20242,200,000
20232,200,000
20222,200,000
20212,100,000
20202,087,957
20192,217,215
20182,398,637
20172,169,226
20162,195,941
20152,070,572
20141,959,262
20131,647,036
20121,749,976
20111,572,067
20101,670,321
20091,625,213
20081,394,832
20071,322,160
20061,249,489
20051,050,396
2004966,106
2003912,280
2002861,456
2001738,627
2000741,447
1999785,000
1998793,000
1997760,000
1996750,000
1995618,000
1994524,000
1993507,000
1992531,000
1991495,000
1990369,000
1989387,321
1988366,735
1987386,887
1986389,269
1985309,752
1984375,063
1983488,800
1982503,120
1981431,495
1980413,680
1979407,638
1978400,983
1977477,338
1976465,469
1975661,620
1974500,000 Estimated
1973448,000 Estimated
1972448,000 Estimated
1971445,000 Estimated
1970412,000 Estimated
1969400,000 Estimated
1968355,000 Estimated
1967310,000 Estimated
1966320,000 Estimated
1965330,000 Estimated
1964330,000 Estimated
1963340,000 Estimated
1962350,000 Estimated
1961360,000 Estimated

Cameroon compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 20,216 tonnesAfghanistan: 260,000 tonnesAntigua and Barbuda: 50 tonnesAlbania: 410,438 tonnesArmenia: 6,298 tonnesAngola: 3,352,459 tonnesArgentina: 57,494,500 tonnesAustria: 2,059,360 tonnesAustralia: 447,027 tonnesAzerbaijan: 302,689 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 762,288 tonnesBangladesh: 4,592,508 tonnesBelgium: 501,790 tonnesBurkina Faso: 1,850,000 tonnesBulgaria: 1,635,100 tonnesBurundi: 590,000 tonnesBenin: 2,094,824 tonnesBolivia: 1,118,419 tonnesBrazil: 114,953,303 tonnesBahamas: 605 tonnesBhutan: 27,636 tonnesBotswana: 18,000 tonnesBelarus: 1,700,000 tonnesBelize: 104,890 tonnesCanada: 15,344,938 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,387,753 tonnesCentral African Republic: 200,000 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 13,000 tonnesSwitzerland: 156,750 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,640,661 tonnesChile: 530,937 tonnesCameroon: 2,200,000 tonnesChina: 294,920,000 tonnesColombia: 1,489,582 tonnesCosta Rica: 8,042 tonnesCuba: 220,000 tonnesCape Verde: 5 tonnesCzechia: 712,240 tonnesGermany: 5,010,500 tonnesDjibouti: 17 tonnesDenmark: 62,660 tonnesDominican Republic: 91,449 tonnesAlgeria: 12,000 tonnesEcuador: 1,195,203 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 7,206,000 tonnesEritrea: 20,000 tonnesSpain: 3,500,060 tonnesEthiopia: 11,701,131 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFiji: 2,421 tonnesFrance: 14,670,620 tonnesGabon: 45,976 tonnesGeorgia: 211,500 tonnesGhana: 3,794,000 tonnesGambia: 25,817 tonnesGuinea: 937,000 tonnesGreece: 960,030 tonnesGuatemala: 2,261,090 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 15,000 tonnesGuyana: 4,000 tonnesHonduras: 730,330 tonnesCroatia: 2,067,100 tonnesHaiti: 175,000 tonnesHungary: 5,297,730 tonnesIndonesia: 15,138,912 tonnesIreland: 0 tonnesIsrael: 43,671 tonnesIndia: 40,230,573 tonnesIraq: 500,000 tonnesIran: 269,805 tonnesItaly: 4,940,530 tonnesJamaica: 2,381 tonnesJordan: 0 tonnesJapan: 169 tonnesKenya: 4,023,000 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 805,250 tonnesCambodia: 1,380,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,300,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 89,000 tonnesKuwait: 30,030 tonnesKazakhstan: 1,005,167 tonnesLaos: 515,300 tonnesLebanon: 5,000 tonnesSri Lanka: 223,496 tonnesLesotho: 56,443 tonnesLithuania: 111,740 tonnesLuxembourg: 1,720 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesLibya: 3,800 tonnesMorocco: 73,227 tonnesMoldova: 716,903 tonnesMontenegro: 3,464 tonnesMadagascar: 265,000 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 130,413 tonnesMali: 3,952,763 tonnesMyanmar: 2,050,000 tonnesMauritania: 18,000 tonnesMauritius: 1,289 tonnesMalawi: 3,000,000 tonnesMexico: 24,326,508 tonnesMalaysia: 1,317 tonnesMozambique: 2,318,945 tonnesNamibia: 30,056 tonnesNew Caledonia: 7,326 tonnesNiger: 44,298 tonnesNigeria: 11,164,000 tonnesNetherlands: 122,710 tonnesNepal: 3,193,869 tonnesNew Zealand: 244,444 tonnesOman: 2,492 tonnesPanama: 88,900 tonnesPeru: 1,686,077 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 12,926 tonnesPhilippines: 8,138,178 tonnesPakistan: 9,200,000 tonnesPoland: 9,223,230 tonnesPuerto Rico: 233 tonnesPortugal: 617,530 tonnesParaguay: 3,942,500 tonnesQatar: 1,605 tonnesRomania: 5,971,850 tonnesSerbia: 5,107,309 tonnesRussia: 13,954,000 tonnesRwanda: 627,086 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 67,441 tonnesSudan: 22,170 tonnesSweden: 15,500 tonnesSlovenia: 384,930 tonnesSlovakia: 1,063,820 tonnesSierra Leone: 27,443 tonnesSenegal: 774,000 tonnesSomalia: 69,000 tonnesSuriname: 111 tonnesSouth Sudan: 157,000 tonnesEl Salvador: 785,000 tonnesSyria: 320,113 tonnesEswatini: 75,000 tonnesChad: 394,045 tonnesTogo: 1,010,000 tonnesThailand: 4,558,192 tonnesTajikistan: 340,000 tonnesTimor-Leste: 70,000 tonnesTurkmenistan: 6,740 tonnesTürkiye: 8,100,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 0 tonnesTaiwan: 220,070 tonnesTanzania: 10,084,000 tonnesUkraine: 26,863,740 tonnesUganda: 5,000,000 tonnesUnited States: 377,632,690 tonnesUruguay: 581,658 tonnesUzbekistan: 866,836 tonnesVenezuela: 2,832,022 tonnesVietnam: 4,402,173 tonnesVanuatu: 985 tonnesYemen: 58,000 tonnesSouth Africa: 12,850,000 tonnesZambia: 1,511,143 tonnesZimbabwe: 634,699 tonnes
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Maize (corn) production, 2024, tonnes. Cameroon is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Quantity of maize (corn) harvested dry for grain produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

Green maize and maize cut for forage are not included. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510) (Maize (corn) production, Cameroon, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510), Maize (corn) production, Cameroon, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/cameroon. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Maize (corn) production, Cameroon, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/cameroon.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510), Maize (corn) production, Cameroon, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/cameroon (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the maize (corn) production in Cameroon?

Maize (corn) production in Cameroon was 2,200,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 43rd highest of 169 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest maize (corn) production in Cameroon?

2,398,637 tonnes in 2018, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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