Tea leaves — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 2,369 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2,369 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 2,369 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 725 ha, in 1965.
Cameroon ranks 25th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 744 ha | — |
| 1962 | 742 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 758 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 760 ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 725 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 737 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 791 ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 789 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 730 ha | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 737 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 747 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 747 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 747 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 753 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 941 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 933 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 949 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 913 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 921 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,233 ha | +33.9% |
| 1982 | 979 ha | -20.6% |
| 1983 | 955 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 1,035 ha | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 960 ha | -7.2% |
| 1986 | 980 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,512 ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 1,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,547 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,546 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,550 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,550 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 1,685 ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 1,713 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,739 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1,766 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,797 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,829 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 1,860 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,893 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 1,972 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 2,015 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 2,056 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 2,095 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,133 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,171 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 2,210 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 2,249 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 2,248 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,279 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 2,324 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,357 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,369 ha | +0.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,369 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,760 ha, 11% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,369 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 49% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +40.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1981 | +33.9% | 921 ha | 1,233 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 752.33 ha | 725 ha | 791 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 819.7 ha | 730 ha | 949 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,046 ha | 921 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,493 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,547 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,678 ha | 1,546 ha | 1,829 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,065 ha | 1,860 ha | 2,249 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,315 ha | 2,248 ha | 2,369 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 22 Papua New Guinea 3,543 ha compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 3,370 ha compare
- 24 Georgia 2,477 ha compare
- 26 Peru 2,047 ha compare
- 27 Ethiopia PDR 1,850 ha compare
- 28 Malaysia 1,764 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Cameroon was 2,369 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,369 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 725 ha in 1965.
- How does Cameroon rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 25th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.