Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0412 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon is 0.0412 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon peaked at 0.088 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0175 ha per person, in 1988.
Cameroon ranks 26th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0878 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.088 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0825 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 0.078 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0763 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.072 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0691 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 0.071 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0684 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0713 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 0.074 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0724 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0743 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0765 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0727 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0689 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0682 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.067 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0661 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0584 ha per person | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0501 ha per person | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 0.051 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0515 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0219 ha per person | -57.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0191 ha per person | -12.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0201 ha per person | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0195 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0175 ha per person | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0189 ha per person | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0176 ha per person | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0214 ha per person | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0316 ha per person | +47.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0364 ha per person | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0354 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0306 ha per person | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0298 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0272 ha per person | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0296 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0209 ha per person | -29.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0202 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0198 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0265 ha per person | +34.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0284 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0303 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0288 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.032 ha per person | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0366 ha per person | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0375 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.043 ha per person | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 0.043 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0384 ha per person | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 0.049 ha per person | +27.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0389 ha per person | -20.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0503 ha per person | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0523 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0473 ha per person | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0489 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0524 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0456 ha per person | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0446 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0441 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.047 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0423 ha per person | -10.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0412 ha per person | -2.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.0412 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0135 ha per person, 3.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.0412 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.024 ha per person, 1.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | -57.6% | 0.0515 ha per person | 0.0219 ha per person |
| 1992 | +47.7% | 0.0214 ha per person | 0.0316 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.077 ha per person | 0.0684 ha per person | 0.088 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0711 ha per person | 0.0661 ha per person | 0.0765 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0328 ha per person | 0.0175 ha per person | 0.0584 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0281 ha per person | 0.0176 ha per person | 0.0364 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0303 ha per person | 0.0198 ha per person | 0.043 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0466 ha per person | 0.0384 ha per person | 0.0524 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0438 ha per person | 0.0412 ha per person | 0.047 ha per person | 5 |
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 maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon was 0.0412 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.088 ha per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0175 ha per person in 1988.
- How does Cameroon rank for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 26th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.