Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 323 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Cameroon is 323 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 357 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 55th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30 ha | — |
| 1991 | 60 ha | +100.0% |
| 1992 | 90 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 150 ha | +66.7% |
| 1994 | 180 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 260 ha | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 290 ha | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 320 ha | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 335 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 346 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 355 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 357 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 351 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 336 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 347 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 349 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 345 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 350 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 341 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 330 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 328 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 324 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 332 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 334 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 330 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 328 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 327 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 327 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 326 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 325 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 324 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 323 ha | -0.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 323 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,094 ha, 30% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 323 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 973 ha, 33% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 | +100.0% | 30 ha | 60 ha |
| 1993 | +66.7% | 90 ha | 150 ha |
| 1992 | +50.0% | 60 ha | 90 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 181 ha | 30 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 345.1 ha | 330 ha | 357 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 332.4 ha | 324 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 325 ha | 323 ha | 327 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 52 Madagascar 440 ha compare
- 53 Senegal 431 ha compare
- 54 Mauritius 349 ha compare
- 56 Kyrgyzstan 306 ha compare
- 57 Kuwait 299 ha compare
- 58 Republic of Korea 292 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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Cameroon was 323 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 357 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 55th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.