Cameroon's forest cover fell from 46.8 % in 1994 to 42.7 % in 2023.
Cameroon · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Cameroon's forest area fell from 221,390 km in 1994 to 201,725 km in 2023.
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
% of land area
150th of 213 · 35th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cameroon's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) was 11.0 % in 2013 and 11.0 % in 2025.
Cameroon's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 19.4 % in 1994 to 20.9 % in 2023.
Cameroon's arable land (% of land area) rose from 12.6 % in 1994 to 13.1 % in 2023.
Air
Cameroon's air pollution (pm2.5) rose from 51.9 in 1994 to 55.6 in 2023.
Water
Cameroon's water stress rose from 0.2 % in 1993 to 0.4 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
45th of 181 · 9th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cameroon's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 22,100 in 1993 to 9,880 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Cameroon.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data