Cameroon vs Congo: Forest area

Cameroon
19.70 million hectares
in 2011
Congo
22.40 million hectares
in 2011
Cameroon rank
10th
Congo rank
8th

Forest area over time

  • Cameroon
  • Congo
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M199020002011

How they compare

Congo currently reports 22.40 million hectares against 19.70 million hectares in Cameroon, a difference of 2.70 million hectares.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 10th and Congo ranks 8th of 53 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 1,295 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.