Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested was 229,280 ha in 2024. β² Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Cameroon stood at 229,280 ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 250,273 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 47,220 ha, in 1978.
Cameroon ranks 21st of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86,601 ha | 63,412 ha | 108,193 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 70,022 ha | 47,220 ha | 102,055 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,929 ha | 54,800 ha | 112,185 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 143,370 ha | 90,039 ha | 191,110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 180,096 ha | 129,661 ha | 232,190 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,423 ha | 145,245 ha | 250,273 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 229,481 ha | 225,285 ha | 232,279 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Cameroon?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Cameroon was 229,280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 250,273 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,220 ha in 1978.
- How does Cameroon rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 21st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β 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.