Annual afforestation in Cameroon
Cameroon: Annual afforestation was 2,000 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual afforestation in Cameroon, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual afforestation in Cameroon is 2,000 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Cameroon peaked at 2,000 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 300 hectares per year, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 37th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More environment data for Cameroon
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 40.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 21.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0255 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Cameroon?
- Annual afforestation in Cameroon was 2,000 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for annual afforestation?
- Cameroon ranks 37th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.