Cameroon vs Niger: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Cameroon
-0.6%
in 2025
Niger
-0.5%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
199th
Niger rank
197th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Cameroon
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports -0.5% against -0.6% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 199th and Niger ranks 197th of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4% | -3.8% | 3.4% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | -0.3% | -1.3% | 1.0% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -1.1% | 0.6% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | -0.7% | -0.6% | 0.1% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Cameroon or Niger?
- Niger, at -0.5% against -0.6% in Cameroon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Cameroon and Niger?
- 0.1%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Niger?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Niger rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Cameroon ranks 199th and Niger ranks 197th of 228 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 as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.