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

Latest (2023)
0.1713
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
149th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.1713
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cameroon, 1961–2023

0.20.40.60.81196119922023

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 146 Syria 0.1756 compare
  2. 147 Tunisia 0.1748 compare
  3. 148 Zambia 0.1735 compare
  4. 150 Nepal 0.1709 compare
  5. 151 Guatemala 0.1687 compare
  6. 152 United Arab Emirates 0.1609 compare

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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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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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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).