Drained organic soils — Area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Drained organic soils — Area was 30,426 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drained organic soils — Area in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 30,426 ha for drained organic soils — area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area in Cameroon peaked at 30,894 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 25,245 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 51st of 221 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Drained organic soils — Area in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25,245 ha | — |
| 1991 | 25,245 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 25,245 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 25,245 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 25,245 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 25,315 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 25,315 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 25,315 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 25,636 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 25,977 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 26,842 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 26,984 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 27,034 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 27,028 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 27,258 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 27,258 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 27,357 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 27,462 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 27,661 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 28,378 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 28,843 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 29,190 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 29,529 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 29,760 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 29,656 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 29,656 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 30,894 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 30,821 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 30,537 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 30,024 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 30,215 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 30,395 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 30,426 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 30,426 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 30,426 ha | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 30,426 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.74 ha, 477.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,378 ha | 25,245 ha | 25,977 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,326 ha | 26,842 ha | 28,378 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,891 ha | 28,843 ha | 30,894 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,378 ha | 30,215 ha | 30,426 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More climate change data for Cameroon
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 90.03 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 15,120 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,419 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,701 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 20.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 346.46 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,047 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 798.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 248.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.01 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — area in Cameroon?
- Drained organic soils — area in Cameroon was 30,426 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils — area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 30,894 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,245 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for drained organic soils — area?
- Cameroon ranks 51st out of 221 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drained organic soils — area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.