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 29th of 86 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.
Millet — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 111,000 ha | +23.3% |
| 1963 | 114,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 114,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 111,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 116,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 104,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 100,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 128,000 ha | +28.0% |
| 1970 | 115,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 126,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 113,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 119,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 104,000 ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 124,000 ha | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 107,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1977 | 109,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 126,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 128,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 132,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 129,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 150,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 100,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 27,547 ha | -72.5% |
| 1985 | 60,595 ha | +120.0% |
| 1986 | 58,550 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 30,070 ha | -48.6% |
| 1988 | 60,000 ha | +99.5% |
| 1989 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 50,726 ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 63,282 ha | +24.8% |
| 1992 | 55,000 ha | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 58,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 50,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1995 | 65,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1996 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 68,815 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 65,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 60,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 51,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 50,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 50,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 52,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 52,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 53,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 50,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 53,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 54,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 56,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 76,177 ha | +36.0% |
| 2011 | 74,022 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 74,104 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 71,789 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 71,440 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 71,405 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 72,581 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 73,423 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 72,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 72,000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 91% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 72,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +120.0% | 27,547 ha | 60,595 ha |
| 1988 | +99.5% | 30,070 ha | 60,000 ha |
| 1984 | -72.5% | 100,000 ha | 27,547 ha |
| 1987 | -48.6% | 58,550 ha | 30,070 ha |
| 2010 | +36.0% | 56,000 ha | 76,177 ha |
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 |
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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 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 29th out of 86 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.