Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 229,280 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — 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 — 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,412 ha | — |
| 1962 | 67,686 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 72,227 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 78,922 ha | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 91,755 ha | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 97,820 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 98,081 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 101,314 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 108,193 ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 102,055 ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 99,045 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 87,679 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 61,176 ha | -30.2% |
| 1974 | 64,528 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 73,178 ha | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 60,030 ha | -18.0% |
| 1977 | 48,556 ha | -19.1% |
| 1978 | 47,220 ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 56,754 ha | +20.2% |
| 1980 | 65,300 ha | +15.1% |
| 1981 | 63,520 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 54,800 ha | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 71,270 ha | +30.1% |
| 1984 | 73,496 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 89,712 ha | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 94,640 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 95,183 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 112,185 ha | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 89,185 ha | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 93,986 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 90,039 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 98,836 ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 103,130 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 141,251 ha | +37.0% |
| 1995 | 189,009 ha | +33.8% |
| 1996 | 191,110 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 172,436 ha | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 172,711 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 181,190 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 198,748 ha | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 199,190 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 211,190 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 181,190 ha | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 129,661 ha | -28.4% |
| 2005 | 232,190 ha | +79.1% |
| 2006 | 203,190 ha | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 168,190 ha | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 147,190 ha | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 130,217 ha | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 145,245 ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 150,245 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 195,250 ha | +30.0% |
| 2013 | 210,255 ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 225,263 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 220,267 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 224,274 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 182,878 ha | -18.5% |
| 2018 | 240,278 ha | +31.4% |
| 2019 | 250,273 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 225,285 ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 230,279 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 232,279 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 230,281 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 229,280 ha | -0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 229,280 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 36,080 ha, 6.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 229,280 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21,655 ha, 10.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +79.1% | 129,661 ha | 232,190 ha |
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, 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 in Cameroon?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — 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 — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 250,273 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,220 ha in 1978.
- How does Cameroon rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 21st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — 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 — 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.