Cameroon vs Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested

Cameroon
223,979 ha
in 2024
Ecuador
157,204 ha
in 2024
Cameroon rank
10th
Ecuador rank
13th

Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time

  • Cameroon
  • Ecuador
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 223,979 ha against 157,204 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 66,775 ha.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.4 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 10th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 41 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Ecuador in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Ecuador Difference Ahead
1960s 38,111 ha 35,222 ha 2,889 ha Cameroon
1970s 36,100 ha 22,656 ha 13,444 ha Cameroon
1980s 43,100 ha 37,043 ha 6,057 ha Cameroon
1990s 51,650 ha 79,577 ha 27,927 ha Ecuador
2000s 67,624 ha 133,306 ha 65,681 ha Ecuador
2010s 152,805 ha 232,492 ha 79,687 ha Ecuador
2020s 236,656 ha 155,452 ha 81,204 ha Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Cameroon or Ecuador?
Cameroon, at 223,979 ha against 157,204 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Cameroon and Ecuador?
66,775 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ecuador?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Ecuador rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
Cameroon ranks 10th and Ecuador ranks 13th 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

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.