Cameroon vs Nigeria
Cameroon vs Nigeria: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 40.7% in Cameroon and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 21.8 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Nigeria.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Cameroon ranked 78 and Nigeria ranked 132 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Cameroon | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.7 | 19 | – |
| 2023 | 41 | 19.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 41.2 | 19.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 41.5 | 19.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 41.7 | 19.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 42.1 | 19.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 42.5 | 19.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 42.9 | 19.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 43.2 | 20.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 43.6 | 20.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 43.7 | 20.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 43.9 | 20.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 44 | 20.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 44.1 | 20.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 44.2 | 20.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 44.4 | 21 | 32 |
| 2008 | 44.5 | 21.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 44.7 | 21.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 44.8 | 21.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 45 | 21.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 45.1 | 21.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 45.3 | 21.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 45.4 | 22 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 45.5 | 22.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 45.7 | 22.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 45.9 | 22.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 46.1 | 22.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 46.3 | 22.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 46.5 | 22.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 46.6 | 23 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 46.8 | 23.1 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 47 | 23.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 47.2 | 23.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 47.4 | 23.5 | – |
| 1990 | 47.6 | 23.7 | – |
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 Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025