Cameroon vs Congo: Share of global forest area
Cameroon
0.5%
in 2025
Congo
0.5%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
33rd
Congo rank
31st
Share of global forest area over time
- Cameroon
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0%.
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 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global forest area, Cameroon or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Cameroon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of global forest area between Cameroon and Congo?
- 0.0%, 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 share of global 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 Share of global forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.