Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 555,235 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — area harvested in Cameroon is 555,235 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 107.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 555,235 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1994.
Cameroon ranks 4th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1995 | 22,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1996 | 33,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 44,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 55,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 66,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 77,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 95,809 ha | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 100,599 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 105,629 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 110,910 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 89,846 ha | -19.0% |
| 2006 | 105,161 ha | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 111,890 ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 115,374 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 236,654 ha | +105.1% |
| 2010 | 249,486 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 181,664 ha | -27.2% |
| 2012 | 121,405 ha | -33.2% |
| 2013 | 236,214 ha | +94.6% |
| 2014 | 267,862 ha | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 297,115 ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 472,799 ha | +59.1% |
| 2017 | 401,430 ha | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 396,583 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 398,277 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 404,736 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 430,211 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 472,741 ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 515,921 ha | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 555,235 ha | +7.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 555,235 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 96,951 ha, 5.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 555,235 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 191,625 ha, 2.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +105.1% | 115,374 ha | 236,654 ha |
| 1995 | +100.0% | 11,000 ha | 22,000 ha |
| 2013 | +94.6% | 121,405 ha | 236,214 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,500 ha | 11,000 ha | 66,000 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 114,887 ha | 77,000 ha | 236,654 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 302,284 ha | 121,405 ha | 472,799 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 475,769 ha | 404,736 ha | 555,235 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 Niger 5.58 million ha compare
- 2 Nigeria 5.14 million ha compare
- 3 Burkina Faso 1.52 million ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 218,150 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 198,693 ha compare
- 5 Mali 485,921 ha compare
- 6 Mozambique 351,267 ha compare
- 7 Senegal 300,395 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 81 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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Cameroon was 555,235 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 555,235 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1994.
- How does Cameroon rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 4th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.3%. 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 Cow peas, dry — 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.