Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon
Cameroon: Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.634 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon is 0.634 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon peaked at 0.7569 ha per square kilometre in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1333 ha per square kilometre, in 1967.
Cameroon ranks 21st of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2115 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2115 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2115 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1904 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 0.1904 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1904 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | -30.0% |
| 1968 | 0.146 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 0.1825 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2077 ha per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 1971 | 0.2181 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2278 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2228 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2488 ha per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 0.2687 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 0.275 ha per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2919 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 0.3067 ha per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3216 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3258 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.3279 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.33 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.3689 ha per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 0.2071 ha per square kilometre | -43.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1734 ha per square kilometre | -16.3% |
| 1986 | 0.181 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1422 ha per square kilometre | -21.4% |
| 1988 | 0.2014 ha per square kilometre | +41.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1552 ha per square kilometre | -22.9% |
| 1990 | 0.1835 ha per square kilometre | +18.3% |
| 1991 | 0.2115 ha per square kilometre | +15.3% |
| 1992 | 0.2327 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2539 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 0.275 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2962 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 0.3173 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.3385 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3596 ha per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4202 ha per square kilometre | +16.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4331 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4358 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4504 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.464 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4779 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4356 ha per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4503 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4221 ha per square kilometre | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4404 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5162 ha per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 0.6047 ha per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7569 ha per square kilometre | +25.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4585 ha per square kilometre | -39.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5543 ha per square kilometre | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5707 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6071 ha per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.635 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6934 ha per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6626 ha per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6337 ha per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6401 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6173 ha per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6247 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.634 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.634 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3191 ha per square kilometre, 2.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.634 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1773 ha per square kilometre, 3.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | -43.9% | 0.3689 ha per square kilometre | 0.2071 ha per square kilometre |
| 2012 | -39.4% | 0.7569 ha per square kilometre | 0.4585 ha per square kilometre |
| 1988 | +41.6% | 0.1422 ha per square kilometre | 0.2014 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1853 ha per square kilometre | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | 0.2115 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2589 ha per square kilometre | 0.2077 ha per square kilometre | 0.3216 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2413 ha per square kilometre | 0.1422 ha per square kilometre | 0.3689 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2888 ha per square kilometre | 0.1835 ha per square kilometre | 0.4202 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4526 ha per square kilometre | 0.4221 ha per square kilometre | 0.5162 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6177 ha per square kilometre | 0.4585 ha per square kilometre | 0.7569 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.629 ha per square kilometre | 0.6173 ha per square kilometre | 0.6401 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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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 beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon?
- Beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon was 0.634 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7569 ha per square kilometre in 2011.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1333 ha per square kilometre in 1967.
- How does Cameroon rank for beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 21st out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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 Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Beans, dry — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Beans, dry — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.