Cameroon vs Estonia: Annual forest expansion
Cameroon
2,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Estonia
2,160 hectares per year
in 2020
Cameroon rank
57th
Estonia rank
56th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Cameroon
- Estonia
How they compare
Estonia currently reports 2,160 hectares per year against 2,000 hectares per year in Cameroon, a difference of 160 hectares per year.
That makes Estonia's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Estonia has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 57th and Estonia ranks 56th of 110 countries.
Estonia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Estonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 3,530 hectares per year | 3,230 hectares per year | Estonia |
| 2000s | 2,000 hectares per year | 13,820 hectares per year | 11,820 hectares per year | Estonia |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 16,175 hectares per year | 14,175 hectares per year | Estonia |
| 2020s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,160 hectares per year | 160 hectares per year | Estonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Cameroon or Estonia?
- Estonia, at 2,160 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 Estonia?
- 160 hectares per year, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Estonia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cameroon and Estonia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Cameroon ranks 57th and Estonia ranks 56th 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).