Cameroon vs Saudi Arabia: Annual forest expansion
Cameroon
2,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Saudi Arabia
1,500 hectares per year
in 2020
Cameroon rank
57th
Saudi Arabia rank
59th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Cameroon
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 2,000 hectares per year against 1,500 hectares per year in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 500 hectares per year.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.3 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 57th and Saudi Arabia ranks 59th of 110 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2,000 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 2,000 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Cameroon or Saudi Arabia?
- Cameroon, at 2,000 hectares per year against 1,500 hectares per year in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Cameroon and Saudi Arabia?
- 500 hectares per year, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Saudi Arabia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cameroon and Saudi Arabia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Cameroon ranks 57th and Saudi Arabia ranks 59th 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).