Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.4872 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon is 0.4872 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon peaked at 0.5294 ha per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0999 ha per square kilometre, in 1978.
Cameroon ranks 19th of 117 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1341 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1432 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 0.1528 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 0.167 ha per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1941 ha per square kilometre | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 0.2069 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 0.2075 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 0.2143 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.2289 ha per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 0.2159 ha per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 0.2095 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.1855 ha per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 0.1294 ha per square kilometre | -30.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1365 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1548 ha per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 0.127 ha per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1027 ha per square kilometre | -19.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0999 ha per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1201 ha per square kilometre | +20.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1381 ha per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1344 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1159 ha per square kilometre | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 0.1508 ha per square kilometre | +30.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1555 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.1898 ha per square kilometre | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2002 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 0.2014 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.2373 ha per square kilometre | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 0.1887 ha per square kilometre | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1988 ha per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1905 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.2091 ha per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 0.2182 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 0.2988 ha per square kilometre | +37.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3998 ha per square kilometre | +33.8% |
| 1996 | 0.4043 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.3648 ha per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3654 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3833 ha per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4204 ha per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4214 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4468 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3833 ha per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2743 ha per square kilometre | -28.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4912 ha per square kilometre | +79.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4298 ha per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3558 ha per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3114 ha per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2755 ha per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 0.3073 ha per square kilometre | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3178 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.413 ha per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4448 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4765 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.466 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4744 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3869 ha per square kilometre | -18.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5083 ha per square kilometre | +31.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5294 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4766 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4871 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4914 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4872 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.4872 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1401 ha per square kilometre, 3.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.4872 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0884 ha per square kilometre, 5.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +79.1% | 0.2743 ha per square kilometre | 0.4912 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1832 ha per square kilometre | 0.1341 ha per square kilometre | 0.2289 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1481 ha per square kilometre | 0.0999 ha per square kilometre | 0.2159 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1712 ha per square kilometre | 0.1159 ha per square kilometre | 0.2373 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3033 ha per square kilometre | 0.1905 ha per square kilometre | 0.4043 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.381 ha per square kilometre | 0.2743 ha per square kilometre | 0.4912 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4324 ha per square kilometre | 0.3073 ha per square kilometre | 0.5294 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4856 ha per square kilometre | 0.4766 ha per square kilometre | 0.4914 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon was 0.4872 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5294 ha per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0999 ha per square kilometre in 1978.
- How does Cameroon rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.