Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 72,175 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 72,175 ha for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 72,175 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 16th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +63.6% |
| 1964 | 12,200 ha | -32.2% |
| 1965 | 11,600 ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 13,500 ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 12,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 13,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 14,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 19,000 ha | +31.9% |
| 1972 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 19,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | -34.3% |
| 1975 | 19,927 ha | +53.3% |
| 1976 | 20,350 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 21,653 ha | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 18,900 ha | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 27,717 ha | +46.7% |
| 1980 | 28,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24,710 ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 20,500 ha | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 25,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1985 | 20,505 ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 27,000 ha | +31.7% |
| 1987 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 33,000 ha | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 36,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 41,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 46,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 52,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 56,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 53,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 56,420 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 53,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 39,877 ha | -24.8% |
| 2000 | 39,877 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 40,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 45,045 ha | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 45,892 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 54,000 ha | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 58,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 45,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 2008 | 53,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 2009 | 52,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 53,767 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 54,928 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 56,151 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 56,467 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 57,404 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 55,771 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 54,746 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 58,923 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 54,100 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 53,773 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 53,380 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 57,065 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 62,389 ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 67,166 ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 72,175 ha | +7.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 72,175 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 161,974 ha, 45% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 72,175 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,842 ha, 3.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +63.6% | 11,000 ha | 18,000 ha |
| 1975 | +53.3% | 13,000 ha | 19,927 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,033 ha | 11,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,425 ha | 13,000 ha | 27,717 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,072 ha | 20,500 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,830 ha | 37,000 ha | 56,420 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,781 ha | 39,877 ha | 58,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,603 ha | 53,767 ha | 58,923 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,435 ha | 53,380 ha | 72,175 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Cameroon was 72,175 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 72,175 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 16th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.