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 42nd of 120 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 | 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
- 39 Yugoslav SFR 72,886 ha compare
- 40 Rwanda 72,087 ha compare
- 41 Slovakia 67,840 ha compare
- 43 Mozambique 60,000 ha compare
- 44 Bangladesh 57,212 ha compare
- 45 Democratic Republic of the Congo 51,000 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 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 42nd out of 120 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.