Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 93,378 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 93,378 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 93,378 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,496 ha, in 1991.
That places Cameroon 12th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 42,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 39,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 32,802 ha | -15.9% |
| 1965 | 43,830 ha | +33.6% |
| 1966 | 33,431 ha | -23.7% |
| 1967 | 35,110 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 36,436 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 46,527 ha | +27.7% |
| 1970 | 39,395 ha | -15.3% |
| 1971 | 39,365 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 40,780 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 39,359 ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 42,641 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 39,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 38,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 35,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 21,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,248 ha | +26.2% |
| 1991 | 15,496 ha | -38.6% |
| 1992 | 16,864 ha | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 18,254 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 19,667 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 21,104 ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 22,428 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 19,197 ha | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 19,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 27,054 ha | +37.0% |
| 2000 | 26,979 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 27,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 39,947 ha | +48.0% |
| 2003 | 42,744 ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 45,736 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 30,546 ha | -33.2% |
| 2006 | 33,233 ha | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 38,348 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 39,295 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 49,012 ha | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 53,336 ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 61,714 ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 54,521 ha | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 64,216 ha | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 61,599 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 65,948 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 61,691 ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 71,092 ha | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 72,302 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 69,284 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 74,547 ha | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 81,610 ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 87,679 ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 90,188 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 93,378 ha | +3.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 93,378 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 9.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 93,378 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 3.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,571 ha | 32,802 ha | 47,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,754 ha | 38,000 ha | 42,641 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,506 ha | 15,496 ha | 27,054 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,284 ha | 26,979 ha | 49,012 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,570 ha | 53,336 ha | 72,302 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,480 ha | 74,547 ha | 93,378 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42,159 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 98,853 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 571 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Cameroon was 93,378 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 93,378 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,496 ha in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 12th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.