Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 60,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 60,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 70,186 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,832 ha, in 1966.
That places Cameroon 19th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,760 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,430 ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 7,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 6,522 ha | -15.3% |
| 1965 | 5,747 ha | -11.9% |
| 1966 | 4,832 ha | -15.9% |
| 1967 | 10,436 ha | +116.0% |
| 1968 | 11,207 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 14,072 ha | +25.6% |
| 1970 | 14,637 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 17,815 ha | +21.7% |
| 1972 | 11,250 ha | -36.9% |
| 1973 | 10,877 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 9,676 ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +55.0% |
| 1976 | 28,000 ha | +86.7% |
| 1977 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 26,305 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 20,507 ha | -22.0% |
| 1992 | 19,355 ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 20,376 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 19,196 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 18,105 ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 15,356 ha | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 15,897 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 21,061 ha | +32.5% |
| 2000 | 21,030 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 20,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 25,572 ha | +27.9% |
| 2003 | 27,021 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 28,552 ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 30,123 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 27,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 22,148 ha | -18.0% |
| 2008 | 26,897 ha | +21.4% |
| 2009 | 29,805 ha | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 30,386 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 64,919 ha | +113.6% |
| 2012 | 62,013 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 70,186 ha | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 43,326 ha | -38.3% |
| 2015 | 47,848 ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 52,120 ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 48,742 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 60,780 ha | +24.7% |
| 2019 | 57,903 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 60,767 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 58,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 60,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 4.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 60,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +116.0% | 4,832 ha | 10,436 ha |
| 2011 | +113.6% | 30,386 ha | 64,919 ha |
| 1976 | +86.7% | 15,000 ha | 28,000 ha |
| 1975 | +55.0% | 9,676 ha | 15,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,412 ha | 4,832 ha | 14,072 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,726 ha | 9,676 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,600 ha | 26,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,716 ha | 15,356 ha | 26,305 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,815 ha | 20,000 ha | 30,123 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,822 ha | 30,386 ha | 70,186 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,353 ha | 58,000 ha | 60,767 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 sesame seed — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Cameroon was 60,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 70,186 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,832 ha in 1966.
- How does Cameroon rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. 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 Sesame seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.