Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0032 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.0032 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon peaked at 0.009 ha per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0013 ha per person, in 1991.
That places Cameroon 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.009 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0079 ha per person | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0071 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0059 ha per person | -17.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0077 ha per person | +30.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0057 ha per person | -25.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0059 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0059 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0074 ha per person | +24.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0061 ha per person | -17.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0059 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.006 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0056 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0059 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0054 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0053 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 0.005 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0049 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0046 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0045 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0043 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0042 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0038 ha per person | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0022 ha per person | -41.6% |
| 1985 | 0.002 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 0.002 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0019 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0022 ha per person | +22.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0013 ha per person | -40.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0014 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0015 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0015 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0016 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0014 ha per person | -16.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0014 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0019 ha per person | +33.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 ha per person | +44.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0026 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0028 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0018 ha per person | -35.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0021 ha per person | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0021 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0026 ha per person | +21.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0027 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0031 ha per person | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0026 ha per person | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 0.003 ha per person | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0028 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0029 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0026 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0029 ha per person | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0029 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0027 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0028 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 0.003 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0032 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0032 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0032 ha per person | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0069 ha per person | 0.0057 ha per person | 0.009 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0055 ha per person | 0.0046 ha per person | 0.0061 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0045 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0028 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0031 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 15 Sierra Leone 0.0036 ha per person compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.0035 ha per person compare
- 17 Cuba 0.0033 ha per person compare
- 19 Mozambique 0.0029 ha per person compare
- 20 Comoros 0.0026 ha per person compare
- 21 Uruguay 0.0025 ha per person 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Cameroon was 0.0032 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.009 ha per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0013 ha per person in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.