Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 37,924 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cameroon, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Cameroon stood at 37,924 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Cameroon peaked at 38,255 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 36,756 1000 ha, in 2001.
Cameroon ranks 20th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 36,756 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 37,510 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 37,844 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 38,086 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 38,162 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 38,190 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 38,255 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 38,232 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 38,188 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 38,173 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 38,134 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 38,165 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 38,152 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 38,192 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 37,969 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 38,034 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 38,024 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 38,098 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 38,172 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 38,133 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 38,033 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 37,724 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 37,769 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 37,924 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 37,924 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 17.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 37,924 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 15.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37,914 1000 ha | 36,756 1000 ha | 38,255 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 38,111 1000 ha | 37,969 1000 ha | 38,192 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,917 1000 ha | 37,724 1000 ha | 38,133 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 17 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 131.33 1000 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
- 18 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 27,064 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.09 1000 ha compare
- 21 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 15,754 1000 ha compare
- 23 Sudan (former) 33,352 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 modis in Cameroon?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Cameroon was 37,924 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 38,255 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,756 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Cameroon rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Cameroon ranks 20th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 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.