Wheat — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Wheat — Area harvested was 460 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 460 ha.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 2,506 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 116th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 750 ha | — |
| 1977 | 2,506 ha | +234.1% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | -20.2% |
| 1979 | 1,786 ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 1,914 ha | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 1,914 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 612 ha | -68.0% |
| 1983 | 225 ha | -63.2% |
| 1984 | 270 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 252 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +19.0% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 254 ha | -15.3% |
| 1991 | 431 ha | +69.7% |
| 1992 | 440 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 449 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 457 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 422 ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 300 ha | -28.9% |
| 1997 | 421 ha | +40.3% |
| 1998 | 434 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 446 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 459 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 472 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 485 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 499 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 513 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 528 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 544 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 560 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 577 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 595 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 650 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 680 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 650 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 640 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 638 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 601 ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 599 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 523 ha | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 374 ha | -28.5% |
| 2020 | 499 ha | +33.4% |
| 2021 | 465 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 446 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 470 ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 460 ha | -2.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 460 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 460 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 4% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +234.1% | 750 ha | 2,506 ha |
| 1982 | -68.0% | 1,914 ha | 612 ha |
| 1991 | +69.7% | 254 ha | 431 ha |
| 1983 | -63.2% | 612 ha | 225 ha |
| 1997 | +40.3% | 300 ha | 421 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 704.2 ha | 0 ha | 2,506 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 638.7 ha | 225 ha | 1,914 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 405.4 ha | 254 ha | 457 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 523.2 ha | 459 ha | 595 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 601.5 ha | 374 ha | 680 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 468 ha | 446 ha | 499 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 wheat — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Wheat — area harvested in Cameroon was 460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,506 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 116th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. 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 Wheat — 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.