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Cameroon: Forest area (% of land area)

40.74percent · 2024-6.8% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202440.744
202340.992
202241.239
202141.486
202041.734
201942.111
201842.489
201742.867
201643.244
201543.622
201443.74
201343.859
201243.977
201144.096
201044.214
200944.362
200844.509
200744.657
200644.804
200544.951
200445.099
200345.246
200245.394
200145.541
200045.689
199945.88
199846.071
199746.261
199646.452
199546.643
199446.834
199347.025
199247.216
199147.407
199047.598

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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