Bananas — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Bananas — Area harvested was 62,047 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 62,047 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 114,302 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1965.
Cameroon ranks 22nd of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 21,400 ha | +18.9% |
| 1979 | 23,800 ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 26,200 ha | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 28,570 ha | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 30,950 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 26,800 ha | -13.4% |
| 1984 | 27,573 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 34,828 ha | +26.3% |
| 1986 | 36,900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 28,333 ha | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 45,155 ha | +59.4% |
| 1989 | 53,274 ha | +18.0% |
| 1990 | 34,080 ha | -36.0% |
| 1991 | 40,000 ha | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 59,465 ha | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 62,369 ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 52,000 ha | -16.6% |
| 1998 | 52,216 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 66,331 ha | +27.0% |
| 2000 | 86,303 ha | +30.1% |
| 2001 | 66,347 ha | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 77,399 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 79,721 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 82,113 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 96,612 ha | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 98,336 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 60,236 ha | -38.7% |
| 2008 | 63,414 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 71,896 ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 77,120 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 113,906 ha | +47.7% |
| 2012 | 107,620 ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 114,302 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 66,385 ha | -41.9% |
| 2015 | 67,956 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 72,359 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 68,819 ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 64,495 ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 64,273 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 59,622 ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 58,281 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 62,905 ha | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 62,188 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 62,047 ha | -0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 62,047 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 5.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 62,047 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 4.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested 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 | +59.4% | 28,333 ha | 45,155 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,222 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,020 ha | 11,000 ha | 23,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,858 ha | 26,200 ha | 53,274 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,646 ha | 34,080 ha | 66,331 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,238 ha | 60,236 ha | 98,336 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,724 ha | 64,273 ha | 114,302 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,009 ha | 58,281 ha | 62,905 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 19 Kenya 75,895 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 12,086 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 72,365 ha compare
- 21 Mozambique 68,825 ha compare
- 23 Malawi 58,474 ha compare
- 24 Thailand 57,399 ha compare
- 25 Guatemala 57,183 ha compare
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 in Cameroon?
- Bananas — area harvested in Cameroon was 62,047 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 114,302 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Cameroon rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 22nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.