Cameroon vs Cuba: Annual forest expansion
Cameroon
2,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Cuba
2,190 hectares per year
in 2020
Cameroon rank
57th
Cuba rank
55th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Cameroon
- Cuba
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 2,190 hectares per year against 2,000 hectares per year in Cameroon, a difference of 190 hectares per year.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 57th and Cuba ranks 55th of 110 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 38,700 hectares per year | 38,400 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2000s | 2,000 hectares per year | 51,040 hectares per year | 49,040 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 40,210 hectares per year | 38,210 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2020s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,190 hectares per year | 190 hectares per year | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Cameroon or Cuba?
- Cuba, at 2,190 hectares per year against 2,000 hectares per year in Cameroon as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Cameroon and Cuba?
- 190 hectares per year, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Cuba?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cameroon and Cuba rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Cameroon ranks 57th and Cuba ranks 55th of 110 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 forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).