Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Cameroon
Cameroon: Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre was 0.0185 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Cameroon, 1976–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Cameroon is 0.0185 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Cameroon peaked at 0.0533 kg per square kilometre in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.0089 kg per square kilometre, in 1984.
That places Cameroon 104th out of 110 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.0153 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1977 | 0.04 kg per square kilometre | +161.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0411 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.053 kg per square kilometre | +28.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0533 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0533 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0273 kg per square kilometre | -48.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0118 kg per square kilometre | -57.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0089 kg per square kilometre | -24.3% |
| 1985 | 0.011 kg per square kilometre | +23.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0115 kg per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0175 kg per square kilometre | +51.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0178 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0182 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0186 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0173 kg per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | -28.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0174 kg per square kilometre | +40.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0179 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0184 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.019 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0195 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0201 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0207 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0213 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0219 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0226 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0232 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.024 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0276 kg per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0291 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0252 kg per square kilometre | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0265 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0263 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0263 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0248 kg per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0216 kg per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0155 kg per square kilometre | -28.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0146 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0195 kg per square kilometre | +33.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0188 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0185 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.0185 kg per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.75 kg per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.0185 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5651 kg per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +161.3% | 0.0153 kg per square kilometre | 0.04 kg per square kilometre |
| 1983 | -57.0% | 0.0273 kg per square kilometre | 0.0118 kg per square kilometre |
| 1982 | -48.7% | 0.0533 kg per square kilometre | 0.0273 kg per square kilometre |
| 1991 | +51.5% | 0.0115 kg per square kilometre | 0.0175 kg per square kilometre |
| 1997 | +40.3% | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | 0.0174 kg per square kilometre |
| 2021 | +33.8% | 0.0146 kg per square kilometre | 0.0195 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0374 kg per square kilometre | 0.0153 kg per square kilometre | 0.053 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.0215 kg per square kilometre | 0.0089 kg per square kilometre | 0.0533 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0167 kg per square kilometre | 0.0115 kg per square kilometre | 0.0186 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0217 kg per square kilometre | 0.019 kg per square kilometre | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0248 kg per square kilometre | 0.0155 kg per square kilometre | 0.0291 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0178 kg per square kilometre | 0.0146 kg per square kilometre | 0.0195 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 101 Somalia 0.0361 kg per square kilometre compare
- 102 Mauritania 0.0262 kg per square kilometre compare
- 103 Botswana 0.0222 kg per square kilometre compare
- 105 Kuwait 0.0182 kg per square kilometre compare
- 106 Chad 0.0153 kg per square kilometre compare
- 107 New Caledonia 0.0128 kg per square kilometre 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 wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Cameroon?
- Wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Cameroon was 0.0185 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0533 kg per square kilometre in 1980.
- What is the lowest wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0089 kg per square kilometre in 1984.
- How does Cameroon rank for wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 104th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Crop residues (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Crop residues (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — Crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Crop residues (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.