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How much plantains do Cameroon produce?

Cameroon is the 3rd largest producer of plantains: 4.7 million tonnes in 2024, 11% of the world's 44.2 million tonnes (FAOSTAT).

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Cameroon's plantains production

Cameroon plantains production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
34.7 million tonnes11%+0.4% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Cameroon plantains production monthly prices, tonnes, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of cameroon plantains production monthly prices in tonnes from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: Cameroon plantains production from 524,797 to 4,663,350, peaking at 4,667,344.01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020tonnes
Cameroon plantains production

Share of world output over time

Cameroon's share of world plantains production in selected years
19902000201020202024
3.8%4.5%12%10%11%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 5.1%, 1970s 4.4%, 1980s 5.1%, 1990s 4.8%, 2000s 6.6%, 2010s 12%, 2020s 11%. See the concentration-over-time report.

How much plantains Cameroon uses

Cameroon's domestic supply of plantains was 4.6 million tonnes in 2023, 11% of the world's. Food supply was 55 kg per person a year, 6th highest of 119 countries with a million or more people. It produced 100% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 0%. FAO's item is "Plantains". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

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