Cameroon vs Malaysia: Forest area

Cameroon

19.14 million hectares

in 2025

Malaysia

18.88 million hectares

in 2025

Cameroon rank

33rd

Malaysia rank

35th

Forest area over time

Cameroon
Malaysia

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 19.14 million hectares against 18.88 million hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 258,500 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 33rd and Malaysia ranks 35th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Cameroon
Forest area in Malaysia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.