Cameroon vs Central America: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Central America
How they compare
Central America currently reports 652,236 ha against 223,979 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 428,257 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.9 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 10th and Central America ranks 9th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Central America in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,111 ha | 25,567 ha | 12,544 ha | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 36,100 ha | 27,203 ha | 8,897 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 43,100 ha | 42,010 ha | 1,090 ha | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 51,650 ha | 74,396 ha | 22,746 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 67,624 ha | 178,616 ha | 110,992 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 152,805 ha | 423,260 ha | 270,455 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 236,656 ha | 662,031 ha | 425,375 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Cameroon or Central America?
- Central America, at 652,236 ha against 223,979 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Cameroon and Central America?
- 428,257 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Central America rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 10th and Central America ranks 9th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.