Cameroon vs Cote d'Ivoire: Annual change in forest area

Cameroon
-116,956 hectares
in 2025
Cote d'Ivoire
-80,822 hectares
in 2025
Cameroon rank
216th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
213th

Annual change in forest area over time

  • Cameroon
  • Cote d'Ivoire
-200.0k-150.0k-100.0k-50.0k199120082025

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports -80,822 hectares against -116,956 hectares in Cameroon, a difference of 36,134 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 216th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 213th of 235 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Cote d'Ivoire in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1990s -90,251 hectares -213,448 hectares 123,197 hectares Cameroon
2000s -71,756 hectares -126,178 hectares 54,422 hectares Cameroon
2010s -106,368 hectares -88,200 hectares 18,169 hectares Cote d'Ivoire
2020s -127,213 hectares -76,361 hectares 50,852 hectares Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual change in forest area, Cameroon or Cote d'Ivoire?
Cote d'Ivoire, at -80,822 hectares against -116,956 hectares in Cameroon as of 2025.
What is the difference in annual change in forest area between Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
36,134 hectares, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for annual change in forest area?
Cameroon ranks 216th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 213th of 235 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 change in forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in forest area
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.