Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon
Cameroon: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 1,800 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Cameroon stood at 1,800 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Cameroon peaked at 1,800 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,646 1000 ha, in 1993.
That places Cameroon 66th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,646 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,646 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,646 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,649 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,650 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,652 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,657 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,672 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,681 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,677 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,677 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,676 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,678 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,678 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,677 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,676 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,676 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,677 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,681 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,684 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,688 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,689 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,685 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,685 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,684 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,683 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,733 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,755 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,758 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,771 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,800 1000 ha | +1.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1,800 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,267 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1,800 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 89% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,652 1000 ha | 1,646 1000 ha | 1,672 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,677 1000 ha | 1,676 1000 ha | 1,681 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,697 1000 ha | 1,681 1000 ha | 1,755 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,777 1000 ha | 1,758 1000 ha | 1,800 1000 ha | 3 |
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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Cameroon?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Cameroon was 1,800 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,646 1000 ha in 1993.
- How does Cameroon rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Cameroon ranks 66th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.