Other beans, green — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Other beans, green — Area harvested was 784 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other beans, green — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1984–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 784 ha for other beans, green — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other beans, green — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 784 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 1984.
Cameroon ranks 62nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Other beans, green — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 60 ha | — |
| 1985 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 85 ha | +41.7% |
| 1987 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | +41.2% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 140 ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 168 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | +19.0% |
| 1993 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1994 | 280 ha | +21.7% |
| 1995 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 430 ha | +48.3% |
| 1997 | 570 ha | +32.6% |
| 1998 | 630 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 690 ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 669 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 673 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 672 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 665 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 709 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 718 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 728 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 737 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 744 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 750 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 752 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 750 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 754 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 757 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 768 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 784 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 768 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 756 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 748 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 743 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 776 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 779 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 782 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 784 ha | +0.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 784 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,476 ha, 53% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 784 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 958 ha, 82% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other beans, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +48.3% | 290 ha | 430 ha |
| 1986 | +41.7% | 60 ha | 85 ha |
| 1988 | +41.2% | 85 ha | 120 ha |
| 1997 | +32.6% | 430 ha | 570 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.33 ha | 60 ha | 120 ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 362.8 ha | 140 ha | 690 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 701.5 ha | 665 ha | 744 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 758.7 ha | 748 ha | 784 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 772.8 ha | 743 ha | 784 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 60 Rwanda 958 ha compare
- 61 Guyana 824 ha compare
- 63 Dominican Republic 758 ha compare
- 64 Burkina Faso 710 ha compare
- 65 Bhutan 687 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 other beans, green — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Other beans, green — area harvested in Cameroon was 784 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other beans, green — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 784 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest other beans, green — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 1984.
- How does Cameroon rank for other beans, green — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 62nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 Other beans, green — 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.