What is the difference in forest area between Cameroon and Spain?

10,400 hectares, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Spain?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

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.

Cameroon vs Spain: Forest area

Cameroon

19.14 million hectares

in 2025

Spain

19.13 million hectares

in 2025

Cameroon rank

33rd

Spain rank

34th

Forest area over time

Cameroon
Spain

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 19.14 million hectares against 19.13 million hectares in Spain, a difference of 10,400 hectares.

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

Cameroon ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 34th of 235 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1990s	22.09 million hectares	15.34 million hectares	6.75 million hectares	Cameroon
2000s	21.28 million hectares	17.76 million hectares	3.53 million hectares	Cameroon
2010s	20.53 million hectares	18.65 million hectares	1.87 million hectares	Cameroon
2020s	19.44 million hectares	19.06 million hectares	378,183 hectares	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Cameroon or Spain?: Cameroon, at 19.14 million hectares against 19.13 million hectares in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Cameroon and Spain?: 10,400 hectares, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Spain?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Cameroon and Spain rank globally for forest area?: Cameroon ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 34th 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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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: 18 September 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.