Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon
Cameroon: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 5,113 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon is 5,113 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon peaked at 6,500 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2,181 ha, in 1991.
Cameroon ranks 22nd of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 ha | +103.1% |
| 1963 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,200 ha | -50.8% |
| 1980 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,040 ha | +26.2% |
| 1991 | 2,181 ha | -46.0% |
| 1992 | 2,263 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 2,347 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 2,434 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,522 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 2,612 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 2,705 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 2,799 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 2,897 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 2,996 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 3,099 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 3,204 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 3,311 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 3,429 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 3,557 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 3,695 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 3,824 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 4,050 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 4,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 4,430 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 4,800 ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,931 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 5,134 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 4,955 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 5,070 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 5,199 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 5,074 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 5,105 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,126 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,102 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 5,111 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,113 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,133 ha | 3,200 ha | 6,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,170 ha | 3,200 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,200 ha | 3,200 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,680 ha | 2,181 ha | 4,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,516 ha | 2,996 ha | 4,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,849 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,199 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,111 ha | 5,102 ha | 5,126 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 2,493 ha compare
- 19 Equatorial Guinea 6,419 ha compare
- 20 Mexico 6,277 ha compare
- 21 Philippines 5,799 ha compare
- 23 Japan 3,727 ha compare
- 24 Sri Lanka 3,700 ha compare
- 25 China 3,528 ha compare
- 25 China, mainland 3,528 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Cameroon was 5,113 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,181 ha in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Cameroon ranks 22nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.