Wood-based panels — Import quantity in Cameroon
Cameroon: Wood-based panels — Import quantity was 2,752 m3 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wood-based panels — Import quantity in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in m3.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2,752 m3 for wood-based panels — import quantity in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 82.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood-based panels — import quantity in Cameroon peaked at 4,064 m3 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 100 m3, in 1999.
Cameroon ranks 221st of 255 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wood-based panels — Import quantity in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | m3 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 m3 | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 m3 | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 m3 | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,100 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 m3 | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 1,500 m3 | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 2,000 m3 | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 2,000 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 m3 | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 1,800 m3 | -28.0% |
| 1972 | 1,800 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,800 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,300 m3 | -27.8% |
| 1977 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,300 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 625 m3 | -51.9% |
| 1993 | 181 m3 | -71.0% |
| 1994 | 244 m3 | +34.8% |
| 1995 | 533 m3 | +118.4% |
| 1996 | 1,149 m3 | +115.6% |
| 1997 | 1,549 m3 | +34.8% |
| 1998 | 800 m3 | -48.4% |
| 1999 | 100 m3 | -87.5% |
| 2000 | 203 m3 | +103.0% |
| 2001 | 1,916 m3 | +843.8% |
| 2002 | 629 m3 | -67.2% |
| 2003 | 673 m3 | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 461 m3 | -31.5% |
| 2005 | 170 m3 | -63.1% |
| 2006 | 680 m3 | +300.0% |
| 2007 | 442 m3 | -35.0% |
| 2008 | 987 m3 | +123.3% |
| 2009 | 324 m3 | -67.2% |
| 2010 | 760 m3 | +134.6% |
| 2011 | 549 m3 | -27.8% |
| 2012 | 746 m3 | +35.9% |
| 2013 | 1,198 m3 | +60.6% |
| 2014 | 1,506 m3 | +25.7% |
| 2015 | 1,037 m3 | -31.1% |
| 2016 | 1,155 m3 | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 1,750 m3 | +51.5% |
| 2018 | 2,567 m3 | +46.7% |
| 2019 | 1,653 m3 | -35.6% |
| 2020 | 1,589 m3 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 1,973 m3 | +24.2% |
| 2022 | 4,064 m3 | +106.0% |
| 2023 | 2,414 m3 | -40.6% |
| 2024 | 2,752 m3 | +14.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2,752 m3 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 26,744 m3, 10% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2,752 m3 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,392 m3, 22% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood-based panels — Import quantity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +843.8% | 203 m3 | 1,916 m3 |
| 2006 | +300.0% | 170 m3 | 680 m3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,278 m3 | 500 m3 | 2,000 m3 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,670 m3 | 1,300 m3 | 2,500 m3 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,300 m3 | 1,300 m3 | 1,300 m3 | 10 |
| 1990s | 778.1 m3 | 100 m3 | 1,549 m3 | 10 |
| 2000s | 648.5 m3 | 170 m3 | 1,916 m3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,292 m3 | 549 m3 | 2,567 m3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,558 m3 | 1,589 m3 | 4,064 m3 | 5 |
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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 wood-based panels — import quantity in Cameroon?
- Wood-based panels — import quantity in Cameroon was 2,752 m3 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wood-based panels — import quantity recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,064 m3 in 2022.
- What is the lowest wood-based panels — import quantity recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 m3 in 1999.
- How does Cameroon rank for wood-based panels — import quantity?
- Cameroon ranks 221st out of 255 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood-based panels — import quantity rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wood-based panels — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en