Cameroon vs South America: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 1.05 million ha against 223,979 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 830,741 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.7 times Cameroon's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 10th and South America ranks 8th of 41 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,111 ha | 54,750 ha | 16,639 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 36,100 ha | 63,029 ha | 26,929 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 43,100 ha | 125,324 ha | 82,224 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 51,650 ha | 302,207 ha | 250,557 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 67,624 ha | 432,297 ha | 364,673 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 152,805 ha | 794,244 ha | 641,439 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 236,656 ha | 1.01 million ha | 768,362 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Cameroon or South America?
- South America, at 1.05 million ha against 223,979 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Cameroon and South America?
- 830,741 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and South America rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 10th and South America ranks 8th 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.