Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon
Cameroon: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 74.81 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon stood at 74.81 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon peaked at 97.45 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 54.07 1000 ha, in 2003.
Cameroon ranks 71st of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 97.45 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 56.59 1000 ha | -41.9% |
| 2003 | 54.07 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 55.44 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 57.47 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 56.57 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 57.04 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 58.86 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 56.61 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 63.62 1000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 64.46 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 64.57 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 67.43 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 74.53 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 77.05 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 81.39 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 84.88 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 86.73 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 85.96 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 85.47 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 84.72 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 76.69 1000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 75.58 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 74.81 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 74.81 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.41 1000 ha, 3.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 74.81 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.17 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -41.9% | 97.45 1000 ha | 56.59 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.12 1000 ha | 54.07 1000 ha | 97.45 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 75.06 1000 ha | 63.62 1000 ha | 86.73 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.45 1000 ha | 74.81 1000 ha | 85.47 1000 ha | 5 |
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 shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Cameroon was 74.81 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 97.45 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.07 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Cameroon rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Cameroon ranks 71st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS. 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.