Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Cameroon, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded -0.6% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 125.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Cameroon peaked at -0.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, -0.9%, in 2020.
Cameroon ranks 199th of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -0.9% | -0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.7% | -0.9% | -0.6% | 6 |
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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 change in forest area as a share of forest area in Cameroon?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Cameroon was -0.6% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.9% in 2020.
- How does Cameroon rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Cameroon ranks 199th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 125.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.