Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 40.7% in Cameroon and 86.1% in Equatorial Guinea, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Equatorial Guinea, by 45.4 percentage points, or 2.11 times that in Cameroon.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Equatorial Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Cameroon ranked 78 and Equatorial Guinea ranked 7 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.7 | 86.1 | – |
| 2023 | 41 | 86.4 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 41.2 | 86.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 41.5 | 87 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 41.7 | 87.3 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 42.1 | 87.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 42.5 | 87.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 42.9 | 88.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 43.2 | 88.5 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 43.6 | 88.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 43.7 | 89.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 43.9 | 89.4 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 44 | 89.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 44.1 | 90 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 44.2 | 90.3 | 32 |
| 2009 | 44.4 | 90.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 44.5 | 90.9 | 32 |
| 2007 | 44.7 | 91.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 44.8 | 91.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 45 | 91.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 45.1 | 92.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 45.3 | 92.4 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 45.4 | 92.7 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 45.5 | 93 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 45.7 | 93.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 45.9 | 93.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 46.1 | 93.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 46.3 | 94.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 46.5 | 94.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 46.6 | 94.7 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 46.8 | 95 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 47 | 95.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 47.2 | 95.6 | 33 |
| 1991 | 47.4 | 95.9 | – |
| 1990 | 47.6 | 96.2 | – |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Equatorial Guinea: 6.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 52.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Equatorial Guinea: 4.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Equatorial Guinea: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 1.85 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 4.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 71.6% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 21 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 2.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCameroon: $1,489 in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $4,498 in 2025
- GDP growthCameroon: 3.5% a year in 2025Equatorial Guinea: -5.8% a year in 2025
- InflationCameroon: 3.5% a year in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 2.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtCameroon: 40.5% of GDP in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 35% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 0.9% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $113M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Equatorial Guinea: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Equatorial Guinea: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Equatorial Guinea: 0.16% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 12 million TIV in 2024