Cameroon vs Congo: Forest area
Cameroon
19.14 million hectares
in 2025
Congo
21.85 million hectares
in 2025
Cameroon rank
33rd
Congo rank
31st
Forest area over time
- Cameroon
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 21.85 million hectares against 19.14 million hectares in Cameroon, a difference of 2.71 million hectares.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 33rd and Congo ranks 31st of 235 countries.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.09 million hectares | 22.20 million hectares | 107,140 hectares | Congo |
| 2000s | 21.28 million hectares | 22.08 million hectares | 797,150 hectares | Congo |
| 2010s | 20.53 million hectares | 21.92 million hectares | 1.39 million hectares | Congo |
| 2020s | 19.44 million hectares | 21.82 million hectares | 2.38 million hectares | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Cameroon or Congo?
- Congo, at 21.85 million hectares against 19.14 million hectares in Cameroon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Cameroon and Congo?
- 2.71 million hectares, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Congo?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Congo rank globally for forest area?
- Cameroon ranks 33rd and Congo ranks 31st of 235 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.