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 51st of 146 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 48 Paraguay 186,514 ha compare
- 49 Guinea-Bissau 168,574 ha compare
- 50 Guyana 167,700 ha compare
- 52 Uruguay 139,645 ha compare
- 53 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,352 ha compare
- 54 Afghanistan 129,200 ha compare
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 — Production 805,353 t (2024)
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 51st out of 146 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.