Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 14,139 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Cameroon is 14,139 ha, measured 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 crops primary — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 177,000 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 94th out of 167 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.
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
- 91 Lithuania 16,030 ha compare
- 92 Ethiopia PDR 15,000 ha compare
- 92 Trinidad and Tobago 15,000 ha compare
- 95 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 96 Finland 14,000 ha compare
- 97 Kyrgyzstan 13,484 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 177,000 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 94th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — 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.