Coffee, green — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 54,231 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 54,231 ha for coffee, green — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 406,616 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 54,231 ha, in 2024.
That places Cameroon 20th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 205,000 ha | +28.1% |
| 1968 | 215,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 220,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 287,812 ha | +30.8% |
| 1972 | 282,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 285,461 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 318,918 ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 310,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 346,713 ha | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 378,316 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 354,359 ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 358,209 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 372,266 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 365,849 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 374,580 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 334,270 ha | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 337,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 341,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 350,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 320,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 310,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 300,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 209,552 ha | -30.1% |
| 1991 | 290,000 ha | +38.4% |
| 1992 | 242,707 ha | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 270,000 ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 250,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 230,990 ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 270,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 300,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 406,616 ha | +35.5% |
| 1999 | 340,135 ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 294,226 ha | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 234,983 ha | -20.1% |
| 2002 | 140,000 ha | -40.4% |
| 2003 | 160,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 183,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 200,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 150,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 155,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 214,348 ha | +38.3% |
| 2011 | 75,313 ha | -64.9% |
| 2012 | 102,258 ha | +35.8% |
| 2013 | 107,584 ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 101,062 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 94,623 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 83,285 ha | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 91,308 ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 81,386 ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 77,929 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 69,827 ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 62,639 ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 61,693 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 57,563 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 54,231 ha | -5.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 54,231 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,466 ha, 5.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 54,231 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 7.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 161,667 ha | 100,000 ha | 215,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 314,179 ha | 220,000 ha | 378,316 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 340,570 ha | 300,000 ha | 374,580 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 281,000 ha | 209,552 ha | 406,616 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 184,721 ha | 140,000 ha | 294,226 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,910 ha | 75,313 ha | 214,348 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,191 ha | 54,231 ha | 69,827 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 17 Kenya 113,600 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 87,583 ha compare
- 19 Costa Rica 82,539 ha compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 60 ha compare
- 21 Papua New Guinea 47,702 ha compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 45,158 ha compare
- 23 Togo 42,200 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Cameroon was 54,231 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 406,616 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,231 ha in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 20th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coffee, green — 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.