Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 14,139 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 14,139 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.5% on the previous year and down 53.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 177,000 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 56th of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,000 ha | +80.0% |
| 1967 | 17,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 23,250 ha | +16.2% |
| 1970 | 28,090 ha | +20.8% |
| 1971 | 31,730 ha | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 31,670 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 38,464 ha | +21.5% |
| 1974 | 51,001 ha | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 70,000 ha | +37.3% |
| 1976 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 90,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 71,974 ha | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 64,260 ha | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 75,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 107,675 ha | +43.6% |
| 1984 | 165,000 ha | +53.2% |
| 1985 | 159,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 177,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 160,000 ha | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 150,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 130,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 145,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 130,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 101,507 ha | -21.9% |
| 1993 | 86,352 ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 75,875 ha | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 69,339 ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 65,048 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 61,844 ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 59,172 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 56,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 54,628 ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 52,611 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 52,604 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 50,766 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 50,785 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 49,091 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 37,253 ha | -24.1% |
| 2007 | 29,546 ha | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 29,402 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 34,255 ha | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 36,112 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 35,039 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 32,650 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 32,496 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 30,564 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 28,786 ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 27,064 ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 22,202 ha | -18.0% |
| 2018 | 26,018 ha | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 25,095 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 22,877 ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 20,936 ha | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 18,792 ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 16,354 ha | -13.0% |
| 2024 | 14,139 ha | -13.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 14,139 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 43% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 14,139 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 78% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +100.0% | 10,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 1966 | +80.0% | 10,000 ha | 18,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,417 ha | 10,000 ha | 23,250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,596 ha | 28,090 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 125,991 ha | 64,260 ha | 177,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,094 ha | 56,800 ha | 145,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,094 ha | 29,402 ha | 54,628 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,603 ha | 22,202 ha | 36,112 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,620 ha | 14,139 ha | 22,877 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 53 Congo 18,186 ha compare
- 54 Ethiopia PDR 15,000 ha compare
- 54 Trinidad and Tobago 15,000 ha compare
- 57 Guadeloupe 12,600 ha compare
- 58 Papua New Guinea 12,226 ha compare
- 59 Senegal 11,469 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Cameroon was 14,139 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 177,000 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 56th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.7%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.