Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon
Cameroon: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,290 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2,290 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon peaked at 2,626 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,290 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Cameroon 52nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,626 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,626 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,626 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,596 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 2,582 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 2,570 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,559 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 2,572 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 2,555 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 2,545 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,539 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,515 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 2,482 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 2,471 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,453 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,440 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 2,425 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,407 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,386 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,369 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,366 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,353 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,340 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2,340 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,331 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,327 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,327 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,318 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,317 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,305 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,290 1000 ha | -0.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,290 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 2.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,290 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 90% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,594 1000 ha | 2,559 1000 ha | 2,626 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,483 1000 ha | 2,407 1000 ha | 2,555 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,346 1000 ha | 2,318 1000 ha | 2,386 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,304 1000 ha | 2,290 1000 ha | 2,317 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 shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon was 2,290 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,626 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,290 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Cameroon rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Cameroon ranks 52nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — 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.