Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 280,269 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 280,269 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 299,972 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 27,000 ha, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 3rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 27,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 36,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 45,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 55,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 64,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 72,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 82,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 90,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 104,821 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 105,564 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 100,295 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 98,095 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 121,887 ha | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 115,214 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 86,915 ha | -24.6% |
| 2006 | 96,524 ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 112,421 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 154,204 ha | +37.2% |
| 2009 | 175,735 ha | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 186,080 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 203,049 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 208,843 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 204,458 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 237,768 ha | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 262,483 ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 299,972 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 266,741 ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 277,766 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 286,165 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 276,891 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 280,274 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 281,110 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 279,425 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 280,269 ha | +0.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 280,269 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,200 ha, 87.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 280,269 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 450 ha, 622.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67,582 ha | 27,000 ha | 104,821 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,685 ha | 86,915 ha | 175,735 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 243,332 ha | 186,080 ha | 299,972 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,594 ha | 276,891 ha | 281,110 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 China 1.28 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.28 million ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 32,926 ha compare
- 4 USSR 169,500 ha
- 5 India 139,486 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,978 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 11,562 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 46,200 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 cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Cameroon was 280,269 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 299,972 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 3rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.