Cameroon vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested

Cameroon
223,979 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo
296,829 ha
in 2024
Cameroon rank
10th
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
6th

Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time

  • Cameroon
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 296,829 ha against 223,979 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 72,850 ha.

That makes Democratic Republic of the Congo's figure about 1.3 times Cameroon's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of the Congo has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 10th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th of 41 countries.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
1960s 38,111 ha 194,078 ha 155,967 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
1970s 36,100 ha 182,920 ha 146,820 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
1980s 43,100 ha 208,130 ha 165,030 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
1990s 51,650 ha 228,047 ha 176,397 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2000s 67,624 ha 172,484 ha 104,860 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 152,805 ha 256,704 ha 103,899 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s 236,656 ha 296,130 ha 59,474 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Cameroon or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 296,829 ha against 223,979 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
72,850 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
Cameroon ranks 10th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th 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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Indicator
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
64 places, 3,870 data points, 1961–2024
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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.