Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 0.3793 m3 per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.3793 m3 per person for wood fuel — production, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Cameroon peaked at 1.29 m3 per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3793 m3 per person, in 2024.
That places Cameroon 52nd out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.29 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.26 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 1.23 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 1.21 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 1.18 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 1.15 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 1.12 m3 per person | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 1.09 m3 per person | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 1.06 m3 per person | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 1.03 m3 per person | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 1.01 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 0.9892 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.962 m3 per person | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.9266 m3 per person | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 0.8915 m3 per person | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.8932 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.8642 m3 per person | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8233 m3 per person | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8047 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7737 m3 per person | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 0.735 m3 per person | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7323 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7231 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7103 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6928 m3 per person | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.6737 m3 per person | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.6737 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.6799 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.6715 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6749 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.676 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6735 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.6785 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.6788 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6679 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6574 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.6472 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.6333 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.6219 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.611 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5998 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5886 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.5774 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5663 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.5555 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.545 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5345 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.524 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5137 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5037 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4939 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4844 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4752 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4652 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4549 m3 per person | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4445 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4351 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4261 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4174 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4091 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4013 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3938 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3864 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.3793 m3 per person | -1.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.3793 m3 per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3778 m3 per person, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.3793 m3 per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4386 m3 per person, 86% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.18 m3 per person | 1.06 m3 per person | 1.29 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.92 m3 per person | 0.8047 m3 per person | 1.03 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7066 m3 per person | 0.6715 m3 per person | 0.7737 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6609 m3 per person | 0.6219 m3 per person | 0.6788 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5616 m3 per person | 0.5137 m3 per person | 0.611 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.46 m3 per person | 0.4174 m3 per person | 0.5037 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.394 m3 per person | 0.3793 m3 per person | 0.4091 m3 per person | 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.0991 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per capita in Cameroon?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Cameroon was 0.3793 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 m3 per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3793 m3 per person in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 52nd out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.