Millet — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Millet — Area harvested was 72,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Cameroon is 72,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 150,000 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 27,547 ha, in 1984.
Cameroon ranks 32nd of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,778 ha | 90,000 ha | 128,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,100 ha | 104,000 ha | 128,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,776 ha | 27,547 ha | 150,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,582 ha | 50,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,160 ha | 50,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,894 ha | 71,405 ha | 76,177 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,000 ha | 72,000 ha | 72,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 75,000 ha compare
- 29 Eritrea 75,000 ha compare
- 31 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 72,422 ha compare
- 33 Malawi 69,059 ha compare
- 34 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61,262 ha compare
- 35 Kazakhstan 60,923 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 millet — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Millet — area harvested in Cameroon was 72,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 150,000 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,547 ha in 1984.
- How does Cameroon rank for millet — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 32nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.