Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.25 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 1.25 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 1.27 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 264,513 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 39th of 184 countries on this measure, 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
- 36 Guinea 1.29 million ha compare
- 37 Thailand 1.28 million ha compare
- 38 Morocco 1.27 million ha compare
- 39 Niue 5,285 ha compare
- 40 Uganda 1.19 million ha compare
- 41 Cook Islands 984 ha compare
- 41 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.18 million ha compare
- 42 Greece 1.15 million 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Oilcrops, oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 264,513 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 39th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil 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.