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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9331 | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 0.8503 | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 0.8296 | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.9034 | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 0.8864 | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 0.7866 | -11.3% |
| 1968 | 0.7594 | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 0.7795 | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 0.7191 | -7.8% |
| 1971 | 0.7133 | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.6801 | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6665 | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.609 | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6245 | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6719 | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6691 | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.675 | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6938 | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.679 | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6647 | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6389 | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6563 | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.6471 | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6124 | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5616 | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 0.6607 | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 0.6225 | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6055 | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.5899 | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5734 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5788 | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5439 | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5154 | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4775 | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 0.4518 | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4737 | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4421 | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4242 | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4175 | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4152 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4068 | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3879 | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.3783 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3121 | -17.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2923 | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2754 | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2663 | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2469 | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2313 | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2282 | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2115 | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2055 | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1973 | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1866 | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.185 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1843 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1768 | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1767 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1745 | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1792 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1727 | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.1713 | -0.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.1713 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 58% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.1713 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 44% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
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).