Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 642,244 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 642,244 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 852,186 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 322,521 ha, in 1993.
Cameroon ranks 4th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 380,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 395,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 380,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 370,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 374,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 390,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 396,922 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 323,973 ha | -18.4% |
| 1973 | 355,692 ha | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 337,672 ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 350,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 408,371 ha | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 431,058 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 425,302 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 429,161 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 444,052 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 425,561 ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 408,009 ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 425,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 420,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 426,120 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 410,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 440,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 420,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 420,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 360,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 350,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 340,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 322,521 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 350,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 360,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 367,982 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 375,301 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 375,352 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 370,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 371,325 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 364,293 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 365,456 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 450,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 490,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 400,000 ha | -18.4% |
| 2006 | 440,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 550,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 590,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 600,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 670,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 670,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 670,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 670,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 714,261 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 767,555 ha | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 852,186 ha | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 771,917 ha | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 659,017 ha | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 672,618 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 578,736 ha | -14.0% |
| 2021 | 590,395 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 614,009 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 608,085 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 642,244 ha | +5.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 642,244 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34,605 ha, 18.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 642,244 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 47,388 ha, 13.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 379,889 ha | 370,000 ha | 395,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 384,815 ha | 323,973 ha | 431,058 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 423,874 ha | 408,009 ha | 444,052 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 357,116 ha | 322,521 ha | 375,352 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 462,107 ha | 364,293 ha | 600,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 711,755 ha | 659,017 ha | 852,186 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 606,694 ha | 578,736 ha | 642,244 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 Indonesia 1.39 million ha compare
- 2 Nigeria 1.30 million ha compare
- 3 Ghana 919,824 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 617,168 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 3.81 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 541,588 ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 198,714 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,391 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Cameroon was 642,244 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 852,186 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 322,521 ha in 1993.
- How does Cameroon rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.