Dates — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Dates — Area harvested was 163 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 163 ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 165 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38 ha, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 32nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 60 ha | — |
| 1986 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 38 ha | -36.7% |
| 1991 | 61 ha | +60.5% |
| 1992 | 90 ha | +47.5% |
| 1993 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 87 ha | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 89 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 91 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 92 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 95 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 101 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 112 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 115 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 133 ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 135 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 136 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 140 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 146 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 149 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 153 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 156 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 157 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 160 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 164 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 163 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 164 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 164 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 163 ha | -0.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 163 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 9% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 163 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 22% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +60.5% | 38 ha | 61 ha |
| 1992 | +47.5% | 61 ha | 90 ha |
| 1990 | -36.7% | 60 ha | 38 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60 ha | 60 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 83.9 ha | 38 ha | 101 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 117.5 ha | 100 ha | 135 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 151.2 ha | 136 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 163.6 ha | 163 ha | 164 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 dates — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Dates — area harvested in Cameroon was 163 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 165 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for dates — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 32nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Dates — 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.