Okra — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Okra — Area harvested was 32,016 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Cameroon is 32,016 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 45,054 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 6th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 17,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1992 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 27,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 30,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 18,755 ha | -37.5% |
| 2000 | 18,602 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 28,230 ha | +51.8% |
| 2002 | 32,990 ha | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 38,553 ha | +16.9% |
| 2004 | 45,054 ha | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 17,445 ha | -61.3% |
| 2006 | 19,447 ha | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 15,019 ha | -22.8% |
| 2008 | 15,402 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 18,622 ha | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 24,004 ha | +28.9% |
| 2011 | 32,020 ha | +33.4% |
| 2012 | 29,447 ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 29,722 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 28,750 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 29,514 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 33,377 ha | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 30,547 ha | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 31,146 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 30,634 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 30,501 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 31,080 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 31,567 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 31,792 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 32,016 ha | +0.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 32,016 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 9.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 32,016 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 9.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,576 ha | 14,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,936 ha | 15,019 ha | 45,054 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,916 ha | 24,004 ha | 33,377 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,391 ha | 30,501 ha | 32,016 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 3 Niger 108,673 ha compare
- 4 Mali 55,506 ha compare
- 5 Guinea 47,514 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 9,690 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 4,281 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 27,310 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 3,609 ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 63,878 ha compare
- 8 Sudan 27,234 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 510 ha compare
- 9 Benin 23,000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
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 okra — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Okra — area harvested in Cameroon was 32,016 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 45,054 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for okra — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 Okra — 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.