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 37th out of 200 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.
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
- 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 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 37th out of 200 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.