Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 1.20 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 1.20 million ha.
That represents a change of up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 1.30 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 186,092 ha, in 1985.
That places Cameroon 31st out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438,667 ha | 413,000 ha | 470,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 518,735 ha | 460,000 ha | 550,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 306,679 ha | 186,092 ha | 497,311 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 362,634 ha | 199,000 ha | 450,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 521,720 ha | 301,212 ha | 821,371 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 million ha | 776,694 ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 28 Ghana 1.37 million ha compare
- 29 Poland 1.28 million ha compare
- 30 Serbia and Montenegro 1.22 million ha compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 1.10 million ha compare
- 33 Guatemala 1.00 million ha compare
- 34 Ethiopia PDR 999,190 ha compare
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 — Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Cameroon was 1.20 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.30 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 186,092 ha in 1985.
- How does Cameroon rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 31st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.