Cameroon vs Mozambique: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 40.7% in Cameroon and 41.3% in Mozambique, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Cameroon.
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% of land · FAO
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 40.7 2024 | 43.7 | 78 of 209 |
| Mozambique | 41.3 2024 | 44.7 | 76 of 209 |
| World | 31.1 2023 | 31.4 |
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Cameroon ranked 78 and Mozambique ranked 76 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Cameroon | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.7 | 41.3 | – |
| 2023 | 41 | 41.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 41.2 | 42 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 41.5 | 42.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 41.7 | 42.7 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 42.1 | 43 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 42.5 | 43.4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 43.6 | 44.4 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 43.7 | 44.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 43.9 | 45.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 44 | 45.4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 44.1 | 45.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 44.2 | 46.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 44.4 | 46.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 44.5 | 46.8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 44.7 | 47.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 44.8 | 47.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 45 | 47.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 45.1 | 48.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 45.3 | 48.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 45.4 | 48.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 45.5 | 49.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 45.7 | 49.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 45.9 | 49.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 46.1 | 50.2 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 46.3 | 50.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 46.5 | 50.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 46.6 | 51.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 46.8 | 51.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 47 | 51.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 47.2 | 52.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | 47.4 | 52.6 | – |
| 1990 | 47.6 | 52.9 | – |
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