Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) was 1,586 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Cameroon, 1996–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food retail — energy use in Cameroon stood at 1,586 TJ.
The figure is down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Cameroon peaked at 2,166 TJ in 2014 and was at its lowest, 471.74 TJ, in 1996.
That places Cameroon 133rd out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 471.74 TJ | — |
| 1997 | 483.84 TJ | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 565.32 TJ | +16.8% |
| 1999 | 646.8 TJ | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 728.28 TJ | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 809.76 TJ | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 891.24 TJ | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 972.72 TJ | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 1,054 TJ | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 1,136 TJ | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1,453 TJ | +27.9% |
| 2007 | 1,507 TJ | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,744 TJ | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 1,729 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1,802 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 1,865 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,952 TJ | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 2,049 TJ | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 2,166 TJ | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,291 TJ | -40.4% |
| 2016 | 1,263 TJ | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 1,329 TJ | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 1,391 TJ | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,399 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,432 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,524 TJ | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 1,586 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 1,586 TJ | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,586 TJ is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,240 TJ, 71% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,586 TJ is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,155 TJ, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -40.4% | 2,166 TJ | 1,291 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 541.93 TJ | 471.74 TJ | 646.8 TJ | 4 |
| 2000s | 1,203 TJ | 728.28 TJ | 1,744 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,651 TJ | 1,263 TJ | 2,166 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,532 TJ | 1,432 TJ | 1,586 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 130 Syrian Arab Republic 1,777 TJ compare
- 131 Burkina Faso 1,691 TJ compare
- 132 Congo 1,681 TJ compare
- 134 Mauritius 1,457 TJ compare
- 135 North Macedonia 1,435 TJ compare
- 136 Namibia 1,413 TJ compare
More climate change data for Cameroon
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 90.03 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 15,120 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,419 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,701 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 20.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 346.46 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,047 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 798.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 248.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.01 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Cameroon?
- Food retail — energy use in Cameroon was 1,586 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,166 TJ in 2014.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 471.74 TJ in 1996.
- How does Cameroon rank for food retail — energy use?
- Cameroon ranks 133rd out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Energy Use (Total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.