Watermelons — Area harvested in Cameroon
Cameroon: Watermelons — Area harvested was 7,460 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Cameroon stood at 7,460 ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 167.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Cameroon peaked at 7,460 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 330 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 43rd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 330 ha | — |
| 1991 | 430 ha | +30.3% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 620 ha | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 680 ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 760 ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 880 ha | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 1,013 ha | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 1,018 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,035 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,619 ha | +56.4% |
| 2003 | 1,781 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 1,959 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 2,137 ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 2,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 1,457 ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 1,600 ha | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 2,007 ha | +25.4% |
| 2011 | 2,076 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 2,347 ha | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 2,150 ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 2,788 ha | +29.7% |
| 2015 | 2,908 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 3,182 ha | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 3,138 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 3,746 ha | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 3,132 ha | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 4,644 ha | +48.3% |
| 2021 | 5,751 ha | +23.8% |
| 2022 | 6,210 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 7,150 ha | +15.1% |
| 2024 | 7,460 ha | +4.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 7,460 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 7,460 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 646.3 ha | 330 ha | 1,013 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,661 ha | 1,018 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,747 ha | 2,007 ha | 3,746 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,243 ha | 4,644 ha | 7,460 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More environment data for Cameroon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Cameroon?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Cameroon was 7,460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 7,460 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 330 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 43rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 167.6%. 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 Watermelons — 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.