Tomatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 66,081 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 66,081 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 139,976 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 12th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 13,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 13,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 14,300 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 12,404 ha | -17.3% |
| 1993 | 15,400 ha | +24.2% |
| 1994 | 15,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 14,480 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 15,500 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 17,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 20,520 ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 21,330 ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 22,428 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 35,000 ha | +56.1% |
| 2003 | 35,122 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 42,849 ha | +22.0% |
| 2005 | 50,576 ha | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 40,507 ha | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 41,996 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 43,820 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 115,677 ha | +164.0% |
| 2010 | 139,976 ha | +21.0% |
| 2011 | 69,182 ha | -50.6% |
| 2012 | 79,408 ha | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 69,903 ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 76,304 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 82,370 ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 61,848 ha | -24.9% |
| 2017 | 55,941 ha | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 63,961 ha | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 60,135 ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 61,320 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 63,350 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 64,552 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 65,817 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 66,081 ha | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 66,081 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 5.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 66,081 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 7.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +164.0% | 43,820 ha | 115,677 ha |
| 2011 | -50.6% | 139,976 ha | 69,182 ha |
| 2002 | +56.1% | 22,428 ha | 35,000 ha |
| 1978 | -33.3% | 15,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,778 ha | 6,500 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,150 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,400 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,910 ha | 12,404 ha | 20,520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,930 ha | 21,330 ha | 115,677 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,903 ha | 55,941 ha | 139,976 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,224 ha | 61,320 ha | 66,081 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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- 12 Republic of Moldova 6,173 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,101 ha compare
- 13 Brazil 60,576 ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 58,995 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 504 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 112 ha compare
- 15 Ukraine 56,200 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Cameroon was 66,081 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 139,976 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 12th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.