Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 680,510 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Cameroon is 680,510 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 680,510 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33,683 ha, in 1962.
Cameroon ranks 10th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,772 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,683 ha | -10.8% |
| 1963 | 34,370 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 36,481 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 40,740 ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 42,850 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 43,004 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 44,172 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 45,211 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 48,216 ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 49,968 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 57,600 ha | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 59,986 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 61,184 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 65,600 ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 75,500 ha | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 75,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 58,500 ha | -22.0% |
| 1979 | 61,200 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 63,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 65,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 66,280 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 66,650 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 67,510 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 72,160 ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 72,385 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 73,585 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 74,420 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 75,620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 130,596 ha | +72.7% |
| 1991 | 151,482 ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 169,216 ha | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 193,304 ha | +14.2% |
| 1994 | 211,485 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 231,695 ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 252,386 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 275,001 ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 311,162 ha | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 315,724 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 320,008 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 325,514 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 342,518 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 398,473 ha | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 400,086 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 350,723 ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 362,771 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 403,202 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 463,489 ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 564,923 ha | +21.9% |
| 2010 | 571,606 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 536,405 ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 555,902 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 554,720 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 618,830 ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 659,444 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 676,654 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 636,674 ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 660,723 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 664,950 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 652,699 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 669,188 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 672,741 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 674,811 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 680,510 ha | +0.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 680,510 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 11.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 680,510 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 11.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +72.7% | 75,620 ha | 130,596 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,809 ha | 33,683 ha | 45,211 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,275 ha | 48,216 ha | 75,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,711 ha | 63,000 ha | 75,620 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 224,205 ha | 130,596 ha | 315,724 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 393,171 ha | 320,008 ha | 564,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 613,591 ha | 536,405 ha | 676,654 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 669,990 ha | 652,699 ha | 680,510 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 7 Philippines 789,007 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 727,779 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 321,319 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 702,137 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 272,954 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 192,215 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 670,490 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 99,761 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,238 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,859 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 462,245 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Cameroon was 680,510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 680,510 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,683 ha in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.