Cameroon vs Central African Republic: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 40.7% in Cameroon and 72.5% in Central African Republic, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Central African Republic, by 31.7 percentage points, or 1.78 times that in Cameroon.

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% of land · FAO

CameroonCentral African RepublicWorld

What the numbers say

Central African Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Cameroon ranked 78 and Central African Republic ranked 15 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Cameroon	Central African Republic	World
2024	40.7	72.5	–
2023	41	72.5	31.1
2022	41.2	72.6	31.1
2021	41.5	72.7	31.2
2020	41.7	72.8	31.2
2019	42.1	72.8	31.2
2018	42.5	72.9	31.3
2017	42.9	73	31.3
2016	43.2	73.1	31.3
2015	43.6	73.1	31.4
2014	43.7	73.2	31.4
2013	43.9	73.2	31.4
2012	44	73.3	31.5
2011	44.1	73.4	31.9
2010	44.2	73.4	32
2009	44.4	73.5	32
2008	44.5	73.5	32
2007	44.7	73.6	32.1
2006	44.8	73.6	32.1
2005	45	73.7	32.1
2004	45.1	73.8	32.2
2003	45.3	73.8	32.3
2002	45.4	73.9	32.3
2001	45.5	73.9	32.3
2000	45.7	74	32.4
1999	45.9	74	32.5
1998	46.1	74.1	32.5
1997	46.3	74.1	32.6
1996	46.5	74.2	32.7
1995	46.6	74.3	32.7
1994	46.8	74.3	32.8
1993	47	74.4	32.8
1992	47.2	74.4	33
1991	47.4	74.5	–
1990	47.6	74.5	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsCameroon: 660 deaths in 2022Central African Republic: 754 deaths in 2022