Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 284 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 284 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 284 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1969.
Cameroon ranks 34th of 43 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 270 ha | +42.1% |
| 1968 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | -63.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 130 ha | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 170 ha | +30.8% |
| 1973 | 220 ha | +29.4% |
| 1974 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 254 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 260 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 240 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 232 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 242 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 243 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 239 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 245 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 246 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 248 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 249 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 250 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 251 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 251 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 252 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 253 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 253 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 260 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 265 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 270 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 269 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 265 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 268 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 270 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 272 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 274 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 278 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 280 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 282 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 283 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 284 ha | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 284 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 631 ha, 45% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 284 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,236 ha, 23% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | -63.0% | 270 ha | 100 ha |
| 1967 | +42.1% | 190 ha | 270 ha |
| 1972 | +30.8% | 130 ha | 170 ha |
| 1971 | +30.0% | 100 ha | 130 ha |
| 1973 | +29.4% | 170 ha | 220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 187.78 ha | 100 ha | 270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 194 ha | 100 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 230 ha | 220 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 244.9 ha | 232 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 254.4 ha | 249 ha | 265 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 268.2 ha | 250 ha | 276 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 281.4 ha | 278 ha | 284 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 31 Namibia 330 ha compare
- 32 Uzbekistan 325 ha compare
- 33 Ethiopia PDR 300 ha compare
- 35 Kyrgyzstan 181 ha compare
- 36 China, Macao SAR 132 ha compare
- 37 Peru 128 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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cameroon was 284 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 284 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1969.
- How does Cameroon rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 34th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.