Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 223,979 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 223,979 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 265,980 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28,000 ha, in 1962.
Cameroon ranks 10th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 35,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 45,000 ha | +21.6% |
| 1966 | 33,000 ha | -26.7% |
| 1967 | 45,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1968 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 43,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 37,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 1971 | 34,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 42,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 33,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1977 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 36,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 38,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 43,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 35,000 ha | -18.6% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 33,000 ha | -17.5% |
| 1984 | 45,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1985 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 55,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 52,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 52,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 48,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 52,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 56,075 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 55,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 57,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 70,000 ha | +22.8% |
| 2006 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 72,857 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 78,202 ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 102,109 ha | +30.6% |
| 2010 | 112,430 ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 121,770 ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 128,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 135,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 136,356 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 145,919 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 170,761 ha | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 183,103 ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 197,561 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 197,150 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 260,102 ha | +31.9% |
| 2021 | 265,980 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 215,058 ha | -19.1% |
| 2023 | 218,160 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 223,979 ha | +2.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 223,979 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41,647 ha, 5.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 223,979 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,800 ha, 13.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +36.4% | 33,000 ha | 45,000 ha |
| 1984 | +36.4% | 33,000 ha | 45,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,111 ha | 28,000 ha | 47,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,100 ha | 33,000 ha | 42,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,100 ha | 33,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,650 ha | 48,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,624 ha | 55,000 ha | 102,109 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 152,805 ha | 112,430 ha | 197,561 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 236,656 ha | 215,058 ha | 265,980 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 7 Guinea 333,229 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 48,098 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 281,937 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 5,603 ha compare
- 9 Guatemala 230,000 ha compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 359,423 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 221,828 ha compare
- 12 Honduras 186,555 ha compare
- 13 Ecuador 157,204 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 25,000 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Cameroon was 223,979 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 265,980 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.3%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.