Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 35,626 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon stood at 35,626 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon peaked at 35,998 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 35,626 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Cameroon 18th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 35,998 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 35,998 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 35,998 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 35,972 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 35,966 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 35,951 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 35,920 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 35,831 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 35,791 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 35,796 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35,797 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 35,817 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 35,823 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35,823 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 35,835 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35,842 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35,834 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 35,827 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 35,804 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 35,779 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 35,746 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 35,729 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 35,722 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 35,722 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 35,718 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 35,722 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 35,694 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 35,690 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 35,674 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 35,651 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 35,626 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 35,626 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 14.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 35,626 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 7.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35,954 1000 ha | 35,831 1000 ha | 35,998 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 35,819 1000 ha | 35,791 1000 ha | 35,842 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,733 1000 ha | 35,690 1000 ha | 35,804 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,650 1000 ha | 35,626 1000 ha | 35,674 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 15 Republic of Moldova 301.31 1000 ha compare
- 15 Zambia 46,671 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mozambique 44,995 1000 ha compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 273.67 1000 ha compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 39,084 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 61.48 1000 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 26.62 1000 ha compare
- 19 Argentina 35,616 1000 ha compare
- 19 Wallis and Futuna Islands 4.56 1000 ha compare
- 20 Sudan (former) 32,911 1000 ha compare
- 21 Myanmar 29,751 1000 ha compare
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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Cameroon was 35,626 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 35,998 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,626 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Cameroon rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-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.