Cameroon - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Cameroon was 6,200,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,200,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 5,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 5,000,000
1962 5,050,000
1963 5,100,000
1964 5,150,000
1965 5,200,000
1966 5,250,000
1967 5,300,000
1968 5,350,000
1969 5,400,000
1970 5,400,000
1971 5,450,000
1972 5,450,000
1973 5,450,000
1974 5,500,000
1975 5,550,000
1976 5,600,000
1977 5,666,000
1978 5,639,000
1979 5,898,000
1980 5,910,000
1981 5,910,000
1982 5,910,000
1983 5,910,000
1984 5,910,000
1985 5,910,000
1986 5,930,000
1987 5,930,000
1988 5,940,000
1989 5,940,000
1990 5,940,000
1991 5,950,000
1992 5,960,000
1993 5,960,000
1994 5,960,000
1995 5,960,000
1996 5,960,000
1997 5,960,000
1998 5,960,000
1999 5,960,000
2000 5,960,000
2001 5,960,000
2002 5,960,000
2003 5,960,000
2004 5,960,000
2005 5,963,000
2006 5,963,000
2007 5,963,000
2008 5,963,000
2009 5,963,000
2010 6,200,000
2011 6,200,000
2012 6,200,000
2013 6,200,000
2014 6,200,000
2015 6,200,000
2016 6,200,000
2017 6,200,000
2018 6,200,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Cameroon was 0.246 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.946 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.246 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.946
1962 0.935
1963 0.924
1964 0.913
1965 0.901
1966 0.888
1967 0.876
1968 0.863
1969 0.849
1970 0.828
1971 0.815
1972 0.794
1973 0.773
1974 0.759
1975 0.745
1976 0.731
1977 0.718
1978 0.694
1979 0.705
1980 0.686
1981 0.665
1982 0.645
1983 0.625
1984 0.606
1985 0.587
1986 0.570
1987 0.553
1988 0.536
1989 0.520
1990 0.504
1991 0.490
1992 0.477
1993 0.463
1994 0.450
1995 0.438
1996 0.427
1997 0.415
1998 0.405
1999 0.394
2000 0.384
2001 0.374
2002 0.364
2003 0.355
2004 0.345
2005 0.336
2006 0.327
2007 0.318
2008 0.310
2009 0.301
2010 0.305
2011 0.297
2012 0.289
2013 0.281
2014 0.273
2015 0.266
2016 0.259
2017 0.252
2018 0.246

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Cameroon was 13.12 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 13.12 in 2018, while its lowest value was 10.58 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 10.58
1962 10.68
1963 10.79
1964 10.89
1965 11.00
1966 11.11
1967 11.21
1968 11.32
1969 11.42
1970 11.42
1971 11.53
1972 11.53
1973 11.53
1974 11.64
1975 11.74
1976 11.85
1977 11.99
1978 11.93
1979 12.48
1980 12.50
1981 12.50
1982 12.50
1983 12.50
1984 12.50
1985 12.50
1986 12.54
1987 12.54
1988 12.57
1989 12.57
1990 12.57
1991 12.59
1992 12.61
1993 12.61
1994 12.61
1995 12.61
1996 12.61
1997 12.61
1998 12.61
1999 12.61
2000 12.61
2001 12.61
2002 12.61
2003 12.61
2004 12.61
2005 12.61
2006 12.61
2007 12.61
2008 12.61
2009 12.61
2010 13.12
2011 13.12
2012 13.12
2013 13.12
2014 13.12
2015 13.12
2016 13.12
2017 13.12
2018 13.12

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use