Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.1908 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.1908 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
26th
of 99 countries
All-time high
0.1908 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.0328 ha per square kilometre
in 1991
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon stood at 0.1908 ha per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon peaked at 0.1908 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0328 ha per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Cameroon 26th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0994 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0888 ha per square kilometre | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0825 ha per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0694 ha per square kilometre | -15.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0927 ha per square kilometre | +33.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0707 ha per square kilometre | -23.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0771 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0984 ha per square kilometre | +27.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | -15.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0863 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0902 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0846 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0846 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0825 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0825 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.074 ha per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0444 ha per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0534 ha per square kilometre | +26.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | -38.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0357 ha per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0386 ha per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0416 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0446 ha per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0474 ha per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0406 ha per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0572 ha per square kilometre | +37.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0571 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0571 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0845 ha per square kilometre | +48.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0904 ha per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0968 ha per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0646 ha per square kilometre | -33.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0703 ha per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0811 ha per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0831 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1037 ha per square kilometre | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1128 ha per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1306 ha per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1153 ha per square kilometre | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1358 ha per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1303 ha per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1395 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1305 ha per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1504 ha per square kilometre | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 0.153 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1466 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1577 ha per square kilometre | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 0.1726 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1855 ha per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1908 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.1908 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0781 ha per square kilometre, 2.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.1908 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0885 ha per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0837 ha per square kilometre | 0.0694 ha per square kilometre | 0.0994 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0841 ha per square kilometre | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | 0.0902 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0571 ha per square kilometre | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0434 ha per square kilometre | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | 0.0572 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0789 ha per square kilometre | 0.0571 ha per square kilometre | 0.1037 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1345 ha per square kilometre | 0.1128 ha per square kilometre | 0.153 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1767 ha per square kilometre | 0.1577 ha per square kilometre | 0.1908 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2462 ha per square kilometre compare
- 24 Barbados 0.2326 ha per square kilometre compare
- 25 Bangladesh 0.2227 ha per square kilometre compare
- 27 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1705 ha per square kilometre compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 0.1655 ha per square kilometre compare
- 29 Angola 0.1592 ha per square kilometre 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 square kilometre in Cameroon?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cameroon was 0.1908 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1908 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0328 ha per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Cameroon ranks 26th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.