Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 669,152 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Cameroon is 669,152 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 55.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 669,152 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 110,130 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 18th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110,130 ha | — |
| 1962 | 135,130 ha | +22.7% |
| 1963 | 134,686 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 180,687 ha | +34.2% |
| 1965 | 120,145 ha | -33.5% |
| 1966 | 126,215 ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 155,982 ha | +23.6% |
| 1968 | 173,734 ha | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 168,219 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 190,812 ha | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 204,051 ha | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 187,635 ha | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 207,592 ha | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 228,155 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 214,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 185,600 ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 197,900 ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 225,800 ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 226,100 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 233,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 236,370 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 235,950 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 502,378 ha | +112.9% |
| 1984 | 410,873 ha | -18.2% |
| 1985 | 468,023 ha | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 498,405 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 256,938 ha | -48.4% |
| 1988 | 246,975 ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 285,194 ha | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 235,874 ha | -17.3% |
| 1991 | 254,046 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 269,852 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 285,859 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 312,109 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 327,072 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 333,228 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 325,945 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 291,707 ha | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 295,220 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 316,127 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 298,111 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 353,390 ha | +18.5% |
| 2003 | 363,137 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 373,584 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 395,657 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 417,593 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 298,730 ha | -28.5% |
| 2008 | 318,626 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 350,139 ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 386,781 ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 447,052 ha | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 486,913 ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 477,390 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 429,107 ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 439,875 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 564,667 ha | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 580,688 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 587,654 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 575,573 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 628,764 ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 640,431 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 631,105 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 653,128 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 669,152 ha | +2.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 669,152 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 9.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 669,152 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 10.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +112.9% | 235,950 ha | 502,378 ha |
| 1987 | -48.4% | 498,405 ha | 256,938 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 144,992 ha | 110,130 ha | 180,687 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 206,824 ha | 185,600 ha | 228,155 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 337,491 ha | 233,800 ha | 502,378 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 293,091 ha | 235,874 ha | 333,228 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 348,509 ha | 298,111 ha | 417,593 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 497,570 ha | 386,781 ha | 587,654 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 644,516 ha | 628,764 ha | 669,152 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 148,111 ha compare
- 15 Colombia 879,624 ha compare
- 16 Egypt 795,595 ha compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69,137 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 671,303 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 16,198 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 2,699 ha compare
- 19 Russian Federation 656,715 ha compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 2,621 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,073 ha compare
- 20 Yugoslav SFR 589,138 ha compare
- 21 Algeria 534,105 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Cameroon was 669,152 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 669,152 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,130 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.9%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.