Soya beans — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Soya beans — Area harvested was 66,561 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 66,561 ha.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 584.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 68,053 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 40th of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 70 ha | — |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +471.4% |
| 1980 | 420 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 450 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 800 ha | +77.8% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 1,600 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 2,100 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 2,600 ha | +23.8% |
| 1988 | 3,400 ha | +30.8% |
| 1989 | 4,300 ha | +26.5% |
| 1990 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 6,600 ha | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 7,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 7,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 8,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 9,227 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 9,217 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 9,200 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 11,220 ha | +22.0% |
| 2003 | 11,357 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 11,496 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 11,635 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 12,135 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 6,500 ha | -46.4% |
| 2008 | 6,705 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 13,953 ha | +108.1% |
| 2010 | 14,868 ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 15,802 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 8,399 ha | -46.8% |
| 2013 | 10,766 ha | +28.2% |
| 2014 | 9,719 ha | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 16,035 ha | +65.0% |
| 2016 | 25,016 ha | +56.0% |
| 2017 | 35,247 ha | +40.9% |
| 2018 | 40,878 ha | +16.0% |
| 2019 | 45,909 ha | +12.3% |
| 2020 | 56,140 ha | +22.3% |
| 2021 | 68,053 ha | +21.2% |
| 2022 | 58,111 ha | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 62,618 ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 66,561 ha | +6.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 66,561 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 2.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 66,561 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 96% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +471.4% | 70 ha | 400 ha |
| 2009 | +108.1% | 6,705 ha | 13,953 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47 ha | 0 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,867 ha | 420 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,533 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,227 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,342 ha | 6,500 ha | 13,953 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,264 ha | 8,399 ha | 45,909 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,297 ha | 56,140 ha | 68,053 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 37 Yugoslav SFR 72,886 ha compare
- 38 Rwanda 72,087 ha compare
- 39 Slovakia 67,840 ha compare
- 41 Mozambique 60,000 ha compare
- 42 Bangladesh 57,212 ha compare
- 43 Angola 41,261 ha compare
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 soya beans — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Cameroon was 66,561 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 68,053 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 40th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 584.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.