Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.25 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon is 1.25 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 1.27 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 264,513 ha, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 35th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 264,513 ha | — |
| 1962 | 285,897 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 328,089 ha | +14.8% |
| 1964 | 316,055 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 375,379 ha | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 388,652 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 437,131 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 443,954 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 426,317 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 466,934 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 468,310 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 490,270 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 476,727 ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 481,064 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 587,499 ha | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 535,791 ha | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 536,585 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 589,441 ha | +9.9% |
| 1979 | 553,341 ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 588,516 ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 526,820 ha | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 525,533 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 495,450 ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 568,916 ha | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 576,632 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 586,860 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 583,400 ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 601,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 590,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 597,105 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 585,567 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 594,334 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 596,852 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 635,840 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 683,962 ha | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 686,784 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 666,698 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 668,349 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 558,135 ha | -16.5% |
| 2000 | 590,374 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 588,236 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 694,186 ha | +18.0% |
| 2003 | 674,048 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 635,161 ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 657,288 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 656,058 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 705,985 ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 710,894 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 749,102 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 787,827 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 972,220 ha | +23.4% |
| 2012 | 935,479 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 1.01 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 947,404 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 991,996 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 1.05 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.19 million ha | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 1.22 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.25 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.24 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.25 million ha | +0.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1.25 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 6.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1.25 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 3.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 362,887 ha | 264,513 ha | 443,954 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 518,596 ha | 466,934 ha | 589,441 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 564,443 ha | 495,450 ha | 601,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 627,363 ha | 558,135 ha | 686,784 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 666,133 ha | 588,236 ha | 749,102 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 million ha | 787,827 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2594 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3263 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon was 1.25 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 264,513 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 35th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.