Taro — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Taro — Area harvested was 250,535 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Cameroon is 250,535 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 289,442 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 88,639 ha, in 1965.
Cameroon ranks 2nd of 52 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 96,128 ha | — |
| 1962 | 101,561 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 150,142 ha | +47.8% |
| 1964 | 127,004 ha | -15.4% |
| 1965 | 88,639 ha | -30.2% |
| 1966 | 97,386 ha | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 207,134 ha | +112.7% |
| 1968 | 202,772 ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 206,071 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 200,847 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 202,016 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 208,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 212,204 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 289,442 ha | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 270,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 220,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1977 | 145,000 ha | -34.1% |
| 1978 | 90,000 ha | -37.9% |
| 1979 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 140,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 187,000 ha | +24.7% |
| 1991 | 138,000 ha | -26.2% |
| 1992 | 120,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 183,000 ha | +52.5% |
| 1994 | 185,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 175,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 158,256 ha | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 150,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 128,761 ha | -14.2% |
| 1999 | 166,418 ha | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 168,231 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 170,143 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 192,374 ha | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 198,145 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 204,090 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 210,035 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 215,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 220,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 148,175 ha | -32.6% |
| 2009 | 175,000 ha | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 185,402 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 163,664 ha | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 178,349 ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 161,731 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 220,562 ha | +36.4% |
| 2015 | 235,295 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 248,063 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 222,544 ha | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 241,494 ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 229,616 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 218,017 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 224,302 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 238,135 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 246,507 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 250,535 ha | +1.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 250,535 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 146.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 250,535 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 16.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +112.7% | 97,386 ha | 207,134 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,871 ha | 88,639 ha | 207,134 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 192,751 ha | 90,000 ha | 289,442 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 159,144 ha | 120,000 ha | 187,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190,119 ha | 148,175 ha | 220,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 208,672 ha | 161,731 ha | 248,063 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 235,499 ha | 218,017 ha | 250,535 ha | 5 |
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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 taro — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Taro — area harvested in Cameroon was 250,535 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 289,442 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 88,639 ha in 1965.
- How does Cameroon rank for taro — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 2nd out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 Taro — 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.