Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 2.17 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2.17 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 2.35 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 582,102 ha, in 1987.
Cameroon ranks 55th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 814,452 ha | — |
| 1962 | 909,688 ha | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 903,695 ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 887,702 ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 875,932 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 884,051 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 830,487 ha | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 838,210 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 939,792 ha | +12.1% |
| 1970 | 923,573 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 992,652 ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 948,409 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 998,927 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 975,229 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.04 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 964,175 ha | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 981,715 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 1.07 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 1.03 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 964,842 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 1.08 million ha | +11.9% |
| 1983 | 992,687 ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 610,628 ha | -38.5% |
| 1985 | 706,454 ha | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 792,237 ha | +12.1% |
| 1987 | 582,102 ha | -26.5% |
| 1988 | 771,621 ha | +32.6% |
| 1989 | 766,751 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 648,236 ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 843,712 ha | +30.2% |
| 1992 | 950,440 ha | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 1.03 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 991,838 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 1.01 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 964,611 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 905,236 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 998,998 ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 626,054 ha | -37.3% |
| 2000 | 723,025 ha | +15.5% |
| 2001 | 793,644 ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 890,764 ha | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 979,727 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 1.08 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 1.12 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.23 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 1.41 million ha | +14.6% |
| 2008 | 1.47 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1.64 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 1.83 million ha | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 1.75 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 2.03 million ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 1.91 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 2.06 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 2.26 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 2.35 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 2.16 million ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 2.23 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 2.10 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 2.12 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 2.15 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 2.27 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 2.17 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 2.17 million ha | +0.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2.17 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 2.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2.17 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 876,001 ha | 814,452 ha | 939,792 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 995,446 ha | 923,573 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 829,868 ha | 582,102 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 896,420 ha | 626,054 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.13 million ha | 723,025 ha | 1.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.07 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.18 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 2.27 million 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Cameroon was 2.17 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.35 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 582,102 ha in 1987.
- How does Cameroon rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 55th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.