Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 888,229 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 888,229 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 53.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 888,229 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75,519 ha, in 1987.
That places Cameroon 21st out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 112,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 113,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 114,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 104,600 ha | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 104,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 102,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 76,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1968 | 80,817 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 103,266 ha | +27.8% |
| 1970 | 120,654 ha | +16.8% |
| 1971 | 124,476 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 127,807 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 127,721 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 140,365 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 157,475 ha | +12.2% |
| 1976 | 163,858 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 173,626 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 156,600 ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 162,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 166,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 171,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 173,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 186,480 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 110,487 ha | -40.8% |
| 1985 | 91,380 ha | -17.3% |
| 1986 | 98,161 ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 75,519 ha | -23.1% |
| 1988 | 107,288 ha | +42.1% |
| 1989 | 83,845 ha | -21.9% |
| 1990 | 96,629 ha | +15.2% |
| 1991 | 112,418 ha | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 122,722 ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 133,229 ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 154,741 ha | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 176,157 ha | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 197,576 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 218,999 ha | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 240,625 ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 277,157 ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 294,273 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 316,892 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 329,184 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 341,202 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 353,671 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 315,444 ha | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 337,483 ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 338,291 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 352,135 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 513,370 ha | +45.8% |
| 2010 | 569,210 ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 591,783 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 384,553 ha | -35.0% |
| 2013 | 544,982 ha | +41.7% |
| 2014 | 579,847 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 625,825 ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 813,440 ha | +30.0% |
| 2017 | 757,188 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 748,545 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 728,033 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 740,806 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 757,189 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 802,517 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 848,790 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 888,229 ha | +4.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 888,229 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 7.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 888,229 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 5.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | -40.8% | 186,480 ha | 110,487 ha |
| 2009 | +45.8% | 352,135 ha | 513,370 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,409 ha | 76,000 ha | 114,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,538 ha | 120,654 ha | 173,626 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 126,346 ha | 75,519 ha | 186,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 173,025 ha | 96,629 ha | 277,157 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 349,194 ha | 294,273 ha | 513,370 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 634,341 ha | 384,553 ha | 813,440 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 807,506 ha | 740,806 ha | 888,229 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Cameroon was 888,229 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 888,229 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,519 ha in 1987.
- How does Cameroon rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 21st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.