Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0021 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon is 0.0021 ha per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon peaked at 0.0058 ha per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0014 ha per person, in 1966.
That places Cameroon 31st out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0019 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0019 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0016 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0014 ha per person | -13.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0015 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0016 ha per person | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0017 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0017 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0017 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 0.002 ha per person | +21.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0021 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0023 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0027 ha per person | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0029 ha per person | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0031 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0032 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0034 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0029 ha per person | -15.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0029 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0036 ha per person | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0037 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0027 ha per person | -25.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0042 ha per person | +54.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0048 ha per person | +14.6% |
| 1990 | 0.003 ha per person | -37.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0034 ha per person | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0037 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 0.004 ha per person | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0043 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0046 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0046 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0038 ha per person | -18.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0037 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0046 ha per person | +23.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0058 ha per person | +26.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0043 ha per person | -25.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0049 ha per person | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0049 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0049 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0057 ha per person | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0056 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0033 ha per person | -40.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0034 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0038 ha per person | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0039 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0056 ha per person | +43.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0052 ha per person | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0053 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.003 ha per person | -43.7% |
| 2015 | 0.003 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0031 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0029 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0026 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0023 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0022 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0023 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0022 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.0021 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0007 ha per person, 3.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.0021 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0016 ha per person, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +54.7% | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.004 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0046 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 0.0058 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0056 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon was 0.0021 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0058 ha per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0014 ha per person in 1966.
- How does Cameroon rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 31st out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.