Sorghum — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sorghum — Area harvested was 740,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 740,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 1.04 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 242,218 ha, in 1999.
Cameroon ranks 16th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 315,000 ha | 257,000 ha | 367,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 337,100 ha | 300,000 ha | 369,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 423,264 ha | 334,506 ha | 512,474 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 460,147 ha | 242,218 ha | 530,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 515,458 ha | 350,000 ha | 710,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 796,010 ha | 729,000 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 740,000 ha | 740,000 ha | 740,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 13 Australia 774,646 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 774,646 ha compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 750,000 ha compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 18 China 645,496 ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 643,496 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 sorghum — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Cameroon was 740,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 242,218 ha in 1999.
- How does Cameroon rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 16th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Sorghum — 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.