Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 4,318 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 4,318 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 7,000 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 210 ha, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 40th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,047 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,047 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,261 ha | +30.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | -24.0% |
| 1965 | 3,866 ha | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 5,666 ha | +46.6% |
| 1967 | 4,340 ha | -23.4% |
| 1968 | 4,761 ha | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +26.0% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 6,584 ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 6,350 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 6,150 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 5,493 ha | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 4,265 ha | -22.4% |
| 1976 | 4,343 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 4,246 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 4,753 ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 4,045 ha | -14.9% |
| 1980 | 4,438 ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 1,830 ha | -58.8% |
| 1982 | 2,720 ha | +48.6% |
| 1983 | 2,442 ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 4,037 ha | +65.3% |
| 1985 | 1,369 ha | -66.1% |
| 1986 | 2,087 ha | +52.4% |
| 1987 | 1,375 ha | -34.1% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 1989 | 1,407 ha | -29.6% |
| 1990 | 210 ha | -85.1% |
| 1991 | 2,488 ha | +1084.8% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | -19.6% |
| 1993 | 2,154 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 3,400 ha | +70.0% |
| 2000 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,277 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 3,425 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 3,411 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,400 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,294 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 3,414 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 3,772 ha | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 3,666 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 3,732 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 3,796 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 3,859 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 3,920 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 3,979 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 4,033 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 4,132 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 4,221 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 4,057 ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 4,078 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 4,154 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 4,082 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 4,260 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 4,263 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,291 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 4,318 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,665 ha | 3,866 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,323 ha | 4,045 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,370 ha | 1,369 ha | 4,438 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,145 ha | 210 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,479 ha | 3,277 ha | 3,772 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,023 ha | 3,796 ha | 4,221 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,243 ha | 4,082 ha | 4,318 ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Cameroon was 4,318 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 210 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 40th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.