Forest land area fell 1.16% to 188 '000 sq km in Cameroon in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Cameroon reached an all time high of 243 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 188 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Cameroon's main peers, forest land area in Central African Republic amounted to 222 '000 sq km, 48.8 '000 sq km in Chad, 230 '000 sq km in Gabon and 69.9 '000 sq km in Nigeria in 2015.
Cameroon has been ranked 30th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Angola | '000 sq km | 586 | 585 | 584 | 582 | 581 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | '000 sq km | 46.1 | 45.6 | 45.1 | 44.6 | 44.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | '000 sq km | 201 | 199 | 197 | 195 | 193 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | '000 sq km | 226 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | '000 sq km | 116 | 55.1 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | '000 sq km | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 sq km | 1,544 | 1,541 | 1,538 | 1,535 | 1,532 | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | '000 sq km | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | '000 sq km | 220 | 220 | 222 | 224 | 226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | '000 sq km | 94.5 | 90.4 | 86.3 | 82.2 | 78.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | '000 sq km | 700 | 272 | 271 | 269 | 267 |
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