Cameroon vs Tunisia: Annual forest expansion
Cameroon
2,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Tunisia
1,580 hectares per year
in 2020
Cameroon rank
57th
Tunisia rank
58th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Cameroon
- Tunisia
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 2,000 hectares per year against 1,580 hectares per year in Tunisia, a difference of 420 hectares per year.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.3 times Tunisia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tunisia ahead.
Cameroon ranks 57th and Tunisia ranks 58th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Tunisia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 6,710 hectares per year | 6,410 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 2,000 hectares per year | 6,300 hectares per year | 4,300 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,380 hectares per year | 380 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 2,000 hectares per year | 1,580 hectares per year | 420 hectares per year | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Cameroon or Tunisia?
- Cameroon, at 2,000 hectares per year against 1,580 hectares per year in Tunisia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Cameroon and Tunisia?
- 420 hectares per year, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Tunisia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cameroon and Tunisia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Cameroon ranks 57th and Tunisia ranks 58th 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).