Rice — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Rice — Area harvested was 160,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Cameroon is 160,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 226,779 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7,452 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 42nd of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,452 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,688 ha | +30.0% |
| 1963 | 13,695 ha | +41.4% |
| 1964 | 12,702 ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 10,932 ha | -13.9% |
| 1966 | 14,051 ha | +28.5% |
| 1967 | 15,487 ha | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 14,210 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 14,792 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 16,573 ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 15,652 ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 16,909 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 18,927 ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 21,229 ha | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 23,716 ha | +11.7% |
| 1976 | 25,688 ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 24,555 ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 31,879 ha | +29.8% |
| 1979 | 22,936 ha | -28.1% |
| 1980 | 19,505 ha | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 21,428 ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 27,640 ha | +29.0% |
| 1983 | 17,462 ha | -36.8% |
| 1984 | 18,460 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 22,670 ha | +22.8% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 11,660 ha | -22.3% |
| 1989 | 11,280 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 11,040 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 10,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 11,381 ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 11,199 ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 11,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1999 | 20,387 ha | +35.9% |
| 2000 | 20,354 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 20,505 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 40,000 ha | +95.1% |
| 2003 | 39,743 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 40,236 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 45,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 68,268 ha | +36.5% |
| 2008 | 72,012 ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 49,012 ha | -31.9% |
| 2010 | 139,976 ha | +185.6% |
| 2011 | 129,296 ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 127,886 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 166,734 ha | +30.4% |
| 2014 | 126,901 ha | -23.9% |
| 2015 | 226,779 ha | +78.7% |
| 2016 | 131,657 ha | -41.9% |
| 2017 | 136,066 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 123,975 ha | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 136,803 ha | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 136,287 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 153,600 ha | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 156,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 157,273 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 160,000 ha | +1.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 160,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 2.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 160,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 1.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +185.6% | 49,012 ha | 139,976 ha |
| 2002 | +95.1% | 20,505 ha | 40,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,557 ha | 7,452 ha | 15,487 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,806 ha | 15,652 ha | 31,879 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,510 ha | 11,280 ha | 27,640 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,651 ha | 10,000 ha | 20,387 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,513 ha | 20,354 ha | 72,012 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 144,607 ha | 123,975 ha | 226,779 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 152,772 ha | 136,287 ha | 160,000 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 rice — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Rice — area harvested in Cameroon was 160,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 226,779 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,452 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for rice — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. 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 Rice — 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.