Melonseed — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Melonseed — Area harvested was 127,351 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 127,351 ha for melonseed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 129,145 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 45,989 ha, in 1969.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 62,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 63,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 64,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 64,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 65,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 64,531 ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 62,851 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 45,989 ha | -26.8% |
| 1970 | 54,922 ha | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 58,295 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 70,000 ha | +20.1% |
| 1973 | 68,175 ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 73,539 ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 75,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 79,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 84,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 89,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 90,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 91,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 90,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 92,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 92,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 93,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 93,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 94,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 95,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 95,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 96,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 95,761 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 95,907 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 96,068 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 96,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 97,006 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 97,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 97,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 98,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 99,639 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 98,318 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 98,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 99,957 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 102,391 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 103,210 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 103,919 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 104,617 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 105,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 106,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 112,610 ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 118,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 118,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 117,352 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 124,993 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 120,115 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 125,254 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 129,145 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 124,838 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 128,477 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 127,487 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 126,934 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 127,633 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 127,351 ha | -0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 127,351 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 3.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 127,351 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,069 ha, 11.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | -26.8% | 62,851 ha | 45,989 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,597 ha | 45,989 ha | 65,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 74,193 ha | 54,922 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,050 ha | 90,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,534 ha | 95,600 ha | 98,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,055 ha | 98,318 ha | 105,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 119,631 ha | 106,000 ha | 129,145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 127,576 ha | 126,934 ha | 128,477 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 Nigeria 902,028 ha compare
- 2 Sudan 470,652 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 101,105 ha compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 101,000 ha compare
- 5 Central African Republic 58,835 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,481 ha compare
- 6 South Sudan 37,048 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 melonseed — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Cameroon was 127,351 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 129,145 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,989 ha in 1969.
- How does Cameroon rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 3rd out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Melonseed — 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.