Pineapples — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pineapples — Area harvested was 12,322 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pineapples — area harvested in Cameroon is 12,322 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 49.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 12,322 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 18th of 85 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130 ha | — |
| 1962 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 186 ha | +43.1% |
| 1964 | 187 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 145 ha | -22.5% |
| 1966 | 215 ha | +48.3% |
| 1967 | 344 ha | +60.0% |
| 1968 | 361 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 579 ha | +60.4% |
| 1970 | 851 ha | +47.0% |
| 1971 | 863 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 1,119 ha | +29.7% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | +25.1% |
| 1974 | 1,630 ha | +16.4% |
| 1975 | 1,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +252.9% |
| 1979 | 3,700 ha | -38.3% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,559 ha | -36.0% |
| 1991 | 4,100 ha | +60.2% |
| 1992 | 3,954 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 4,200 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 4,091 ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 4,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 3,429 ha | -23.8% |
| 1998 | 2,871 ha | -16.3% |
| 1999 | 1,764 ha | -38.6% |
| 2000 | 1,789 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 3,215 ha | +78.6% |
| 2003 | 3,311 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 3,410 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 4,184 ha | +22.7% |
| 2006 | 4,651 ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 3,154 ha | -32.2% |
| 2008 | 3,484 ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 4,047 ha | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 4,442 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 4,744 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 4,728 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 4,689 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 8,261 ha | +76.2% |
| 2015 | 8,718 ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 9,511 ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 9,204 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 9,496 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 10,631 ha | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 10,822 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 10,913 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 11,642 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 11,881 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 12,322 ha | +3.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 12,322 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,685 ha, 4.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 12,322 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,345 ha, 5.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +252.9% | 1,700 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 2002 | +78.6% | 1,800 ha | 3,215 ha |
| 2014 | +76.2% | 4,689 ha | 8,261 ha |
| 1967 | +60.0% | 215 ha | 344 ha |
| 1969 | +60.4% | 361 ha | 579 ha |
| 1991 | +60.2% | 2,559 ha | 4,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253 ha | 130 ha | 579 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,046 ha | 851 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,890 ha | 3,800 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,577 ha | 1,764 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,304 ha | 1,789 ha | 4,651 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,442 ha | 4,442 ha | 10,631 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,516 ha | 10,822 ha | 12,322 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 15 Guatemala 14,830 ha compare
- 16 Bangladesh 13,096 ha compare
- 17 Malaysia 12,920 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 12,241 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 532 ha compare
- 20 South Africa 10,919 ha compare
- 21 Ghana 10,748 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 pineapples — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Cameroon was 12,322 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 12,322 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pineapples — 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.