Cabbages — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cabbages — Area harvested was 2,448 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2,448 ha for cabbages — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 3,163 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1980.
Cameroon ranks 63rd of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 400 ha | — |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 580 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 650 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 850 ha | +30.8% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 2,707 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 3,003 ha | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,963 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 3,052 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 3,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,163 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 3,019 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 3,147 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 3,084 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 3,010 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 2,932 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 2,900 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 2,763 ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 2,650 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 2,601 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,555 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 2,551 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,543 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,530 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,505 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,492 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,487 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,419 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,466 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 2,458 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,448 ha | -0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,448 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,752 ha, 89% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,448 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,536 ha, 69% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 948 ha | 400 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,451 ha | 1,800 ha | 3,003 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,047 ha | 2,932 ha | 3,163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,609 ha | 2,492 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,456 ha | 2,419 ha | 2,487 ha | 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 cabbages — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Cameroon was 2,448 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 3,163 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1980.
- How does Cameroon rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 63rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. 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 Cabbages — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 45 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.