Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 931,286 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cameroon is 931,286 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 985,951 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 259,452 ha, in 1984.
That places Cameroon 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 298,328 ha | — |
| 1962 | 306,061 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 357,642 ha | +16.9% |
| 1964 | 334,542 ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 308,484 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 313,805 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 442,588 ha | +41.0% |
| 1968 | 440,926 ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 422,941 ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 437,450 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 439,714 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 457,960 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 473,618 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 572,585 ha | +20.9% |
| 1975 | 535,400 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 483,100 ha | -9.8% |
| 1977 | 415,670 ha | -14.0% |
| 1978 | 360,800 ha | -13.2% |
| 1979 | 360,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 364,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 395,700 ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 444,098 ha | +12.2% |
| 1983 | 312,067 ha | -29.7% |
| 1984 | 259,452 ha | -16.9% |
| 1985 | 266,349 ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 284,304 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 280,149 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 299,391 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 280,092 ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 351,228 ha | +25.4% |
| 1991 | 295,677 ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 300,127 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 364,601 ha | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 379,233 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 382,396 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 372,704 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 381,109 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 409,533 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 383,751 ha | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 392,594 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 491,944 ha | +25.3% |
| 2002 | 567,442 ha | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 608,167 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 652,678 ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 557,217 ha | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 586,941 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 545,517 ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 485,456 ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 563,939 ha | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 601,674 ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 587,634 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 676,469 ha | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 611,534 ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 676,282 ha | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 740,206 ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 786,543 ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 770,888 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 814,063 ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 802,989 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 800,875 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 834,934 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 933,366 ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 985,951 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 931,286 ha | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 358,369 ha | 298,328 ha | 442,588 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 453,630 ha | 360,000 ha | 572,585 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 318,590 ha | 259,452 ha | 444,098 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 362,036 ha | 295,677 ha | 409,533 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 545,190 ha | 392,594 ha | 652,678 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 706,828 ha | 587,634 ha | 814,063 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 897,282 ha | 800,875 ha | 985,951 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cameroon was 931,286 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 985,951 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 259,452 ha in 1984.
- How does Cameroon rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.