Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 157,269 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 157,269 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 161,197 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 4th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | +80.0% |
| 1992 | 27,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 35,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 1994 | 42,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 52,000 ha | +23.8% |
| 1996 | 60,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 68,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 90,000 ha | +32.4% |
| 1999 | 98,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 99,458 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 99,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 98,095 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 121,887 ha | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 115,214 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 108,541 ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 110,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 112,199 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 127,268 ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 131,801 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 135,990 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 140,178 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 144,363 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 148,545 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 152,639 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 158,571 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 153,252 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 152,570 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 152,116 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 151,637 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 151,509 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 161,197 ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 154,781 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 155,829 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 157,269 ha | +0.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 157,269 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,051 ha, 76.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 157,269 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,749 ha, 10.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +80.0% | 10,000 ha | 18,000 ha |
| 1992 | +50.0% | 18,000 ha | 27,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 98,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112,346 ha | 98,095 ha | 131,801 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,986 ha | 135,990 ha | 158,571 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 156,117 ha | 151,509 ha | 161,197 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 India 560,547 ha compare
- 2 China 414,308 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 412,110 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 91,377 ha compare
- 5 Central African Republic 110,444 ha compare
- 6 Egypt 64,344 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28,014 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 61,100 ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,781 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cameroon was 157,269 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 161,197 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 4th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.