Potatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Potatoes — Area harvested was 34,869 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon is 34,869 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 138.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 74,598 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 4,323 ha, in 1967.
Cameroon ranks 60th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1964 | 9,964 ha | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 9,000 ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1967 | 4,323 ha | -38.2% |
| 1968 | 5,610 ha | +29.8% |
| 1969 | 9,067 ha | +61.6% |
| 1970 | 10,038 ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 12,566 ha | +25.2% |
| 1972 | 14,600 ha | +16.2% |
| 1973 | 14,478 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 13,358 ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 1982 | 74,598 ha | +86.5% |
| 1983 | 41,867 ha | -43.9% |
| 1984 | 23,867 ha | -43.0% |
| 1985 | 20,354 ha | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 17,274 ha | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 15,441 ha | -10.6% |
| 1988 | 15,297 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 14,741 ha | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 15,498 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 20,132 ha | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 17,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 13,408 ha | -21.1% |
| 1997 | 10,207 ha | -23.9% |
| 1998 | 7,883 ha | -22.8% |
| 1999 | 21,004 ha | +166.4% |
| 2000 | 22,108 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 25,993 ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 34,559 ha | +33.0% |
| 2003 | 39,743 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 45,704 ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 51,665 ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 52,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 58,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 43,281 ha | -25.4% |
| 2011 | 26,622 ha | -38.5% |
| 2012 | 19,512 ha | -26.7% |
| 2013 | 16,395 ha | -16.0% |
| 2014 | 14,641 ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 22,499 ha | +53.7% |
| 2016 | 31,897 ha | +41.8% |
| 2017 | 34,532 ha | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 33,040 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 28,909 ha | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 29,729 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 31,877 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 33,960 ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 33,898 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 34,869 ha | +2.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 34,869 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 34,869 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 2.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +233.3% | 12,000 ha | 40,000 ha |
| 1999 | +166.4% | 7,883 ha | 21,004 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,552 ha | 4,323 ha | 9,964 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,004 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,544 ha | 12,000 ha | 74,598 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,913 ha | 7,883 ha | 21,004 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,877 ha | 22,108 ha | 58,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,133 ha | 14,641 ha | 43,281 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,867 ha | 29,729 ha | 34,869 ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon was 34,869 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 74,598 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,323 ha in 1967.
- How does Cameroon rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 60th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 138.2%. 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 Potatoes — 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.