Pumpkins, squash and gourds β Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pumpkins, squash and gourds β Area harvested was 157,269 ha in 2024. β² Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds β Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds β 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 β 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 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested in Cameroon?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds β 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 β area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 161,197 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 4th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds β 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 β 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.