Annual forest expansion in Cameroon
Cameroon: Annual forest expansion was 2,000 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion 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
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Cameroon stood at 2,000 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Cameroon peaked at 2,000 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 300 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 57th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 300 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 2,000 hectares per year | +566.7% |
| 2010 | 2,000 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,000 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,000 hectares per year | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,000 hectares per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,790 hectares per year, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,000 hectares per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,500 hectares per year, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
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
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Cameroon?
- Annual forest expansion 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 forest expansion recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for annual forest expansion?
- Cameroon ranks 57th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion 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 forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).