Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 5,109 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 5,109 ha for ginger, raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 6,413 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 12th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100 ha | — |
| 1991 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1992 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 780 ha | +30.0% |
| 1997 | 960 ha | +23.1% |
| 1998 | 1,150 ha | +19.8% |
| 1999 | 1,370 ha | +19.1% |
| 2000 | 1,371 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,377 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,391 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,405 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,419 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,938 ha | +36.6% |
| 2006 | 1,941 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,709 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 1,798 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 4,409 ha | +145.2% |
| 2010 | 4,629 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 6,413 ha | +38.5% |
| 2012 | 5,677 ha | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 6,120 ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 5,534 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 5,809 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 4,395 ha | -24.3% |
| 2017 | 4,890 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 5,330 ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 5,338 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 5,715 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 5,604 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 5,319 ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 5,172 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 5,109 ha | -1.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 5,109 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,109 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 5,109 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 355 ha, 14.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +145.2% | 1,798 ha | 4,409 ha |
| 1991 | +100.0% | 100 ha | 200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 636 ha | 100 ha | 1,370 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,876 ha | 1,371 ha | 4,409 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,414 ha | 4,395 ha | 6,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,384 ha | 5,109 ha | 5,715 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 ginger, raw — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Cameroon was 5,109 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6,413 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 12th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Ginger, raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.