Beans, dry — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 300,202 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Cameroon is 300,202 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 357,808 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 63,010 ha, in 1967.
Cameroon ranks 18th of 129 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 90,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 63,010 ha | -30.0% |
| 1968 | 69,006 ha | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 86,290 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 98,180 ha | +13.8% |
| 1971 | 103,104 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 107,707 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 105,320 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 117,591 ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 127,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 130,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 138,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 145,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 152,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 154,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 155,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 156,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 174,380 ha | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 97,887 ha | -43.9% |
| 1985 | 81,980 ha | -16.3% |
| 1986 | 85,561 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 67,219 ha | -21.4% |
| 1988 | 95,188 ha | +41.6% |
| 1989 | 73,345 ha | -22.9% |
| 1990 | 86,737 ha | +18.3% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | +15.3% |
| 1992 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 130,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 198,647 ha | +16.9% |
| 2000 | 204,715 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 205,997 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 212,929 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 219,318 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 225,898 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 205,909 ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 212,862 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 199,547 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 208,186 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 244,034 ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 285,858 ha | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 357,808 ha | +25.2% |
| 2012 | 216,715 ha | -39.4% |
| 2013 | 262,006 ha | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 269,788 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 286,996 ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 300,153 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 327,797 ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 313,215 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 299,562 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 302,571 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 291,799 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 295,309 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 299,677 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 300,202 ha | +0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 300,202 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58,254 ha, 5.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 300,202 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 3.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | -43.9% | 174,380 ha | 97,887 ha |
| 2012 | -39.4% | 357,808 ha | 216,715 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87,590 ha | 63,010 ha | 100,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 122,390 ha | 98,180 ha | 152,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,056 ha | 67,219 ha | 174,380 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 136,538 ha | 86,737 ha | 198,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 213,940 ha | 199,547 ha | 244,034 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,990 ha | 216,715 ha | 357,808 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 297,912 ha | 291,799 ha | 302,571 ha | 5 |
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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 in Cameroon?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Cameroon was 300,202 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 357,808 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,010 ha in 1967.
- How does Cameroon rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.