Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon
Cameroon: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.1713 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon stood at 0.1713. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1713, in 2023.
That places Cameroon 149th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8587 | 0.7594 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6722 | 0.609 | 0.7191 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6349 | 0.5616 | 0.679 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5071 | 0.4242 | 0.5899 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3399 | 0.2469 | 0.4175 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1983 | 0.1767 | 0.2313 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1744 | 0.1713 | 0.1792 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon was 0.1713 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1713 in 2023.
- How does Cameroon rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Cameroon ranks 149th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).