Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 466,886 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 466,886 ha.
The figure is down 12.4% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 533,152 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 76,709 ha, in 1989.
Cameroon ranks 10th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 109,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 113,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 117,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 122,600 ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 125,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 130,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 140,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 137,800 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 108,100 ha | -21.6% |
| 1970 | 118,900 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 118,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 128,400 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 130,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 142,300 ha | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 143,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 145,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 155,170 ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 160,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 163,800 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 166,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 169,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 183,300 ha | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 100,000 ha | -45.4% |
| 1984 | 95,235 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 93,945 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 101,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 94,404 ha | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 94,307 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 76,709 ha | -18.7% |
| 1990 | 96,594 ha | +25.9% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 120,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 135,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 150,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 180,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 218,340 ha | +21.3% |
| 1999 | 138,307 ha | -36.7% |
| 2000 | 144,242 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 237,709 ha | +64.8% |
| 2002 | 261,481 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 287,629 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 316,392 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 226,320 ha | -28.5% |
| 2006 | 246,604 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 197,675 ha | -19.8% |
| 2008 | 205,910 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 239,418 ha | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 270,787 ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 280,189 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 371,543 ha | +32.6% |
| 2013 | 310,788 ha | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 322,703 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 357,009 ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 366,175 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 371,938 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 392,661 ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 398,855 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 401,959 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 422,781 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 495,411 ha | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 533,152 ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 466,886 ha | -12.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 466,886 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 3.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 466,886 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 4.9× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +64.8% | 144,242 ha | 237,709 ha |
| 1983 | -45.4% | 183,300 ha | 100,000 ha |
| 1999 | -36.7% | 218,340 ha | 138,307 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122,567 ha | 108,100 ha | 140,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 140,727 ha | 118,200 ha | 163,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 117,450 ha | 76,709 ha | 183,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 142,324 ha | 96,594 ha | 218,340 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 236,338 ha | 144,242 ha | 316,392 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 344,265 ha | 270,787 ha | 398,855 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 464,038 ha | 401,959 ha | 533,152 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 7 Uganda 826,544 ha compare
- 8 Cambodia 598,220 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 295,000 ha compare
- 9 Indonesia 553,450 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 32,311 ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 29,897 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 341,757 ha compare
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 1.39 million ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 24,241 ha compare
- 12 Guinea 336,706 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,850 ha compare
- 12 Caribbean 324,084 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 810 ha compare
- 13 Togo 333,367 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 810 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cameroon was 466,886 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 533,152 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 76,709 ha in 1989.
- How does Cameroon rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 10th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.