Cameroon vs Senegal: Annual afforestation
Cameroon
2,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Senegal
2,360 hectares per year
in 2020
Cameroon rank
37th
Senegal rank
35th
Annual afforestation over time
- Cameroon
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 2,360 hectares per year against 2,000 hectares per year in Cameroon, a difference of 360 hectares per year.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 37th and Senegal ranks 35th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,360 hectares per year | 360 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,360 hectares per year | 360 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2020s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,360 hectares per year | 360 hectares per year | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Cameroon or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 2,360 hectares per year against 2,000 hectares per year in Cameroon as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Cameroon and Senegal?
- 360 hectares per year, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Senegal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cameroon and Senegal rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Cameroon ranks 37th and Senegal ranks 35th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.