Forest fires — Burned Area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Forest fires — Burned Area was 92,372 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest fires — Burned Area in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 92,372 ha for forest fires — burned area in 2024.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burned area in Cameroon peaked at 377,462 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 70,123 ha, in 2014.
That places Cameroon 26th out of 219 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest fires — Burned Area in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 160,779 ha | — |
| 1991 | 160,779 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 160,779 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 160,779 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 160,779 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 160,779 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 141,338 ha | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 137,062 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 323,714 ha | +136.2% |
| 1999 | 236,449 ha | -27.0% |
| 2000 | 184,812 ha | -21.8% |
| 2001 | 132,085 ha | -28.5% |
| 2002 | 124,666 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 377,462 ha | +202.8% |
| 2004 | 171,279 ha | -54.6% |
| 2005 | 358,140 ha | +109.1% |
| 2006 | 125,286 ha | -65.0% |
| 2007 | 129,476 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 182,219 ha | +40.7% |
| 2009 | 115,539 ha | -36.6% |
| 2010 | 162,090 ha | +40.3% |
| 2011 | 152,728 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 130,011 ha | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 130,478 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 70,123 ha | -46.3% |
| 2015 | 75,551 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 124,474 ha | +64.8% |
| 2017 | 109,278 ha | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 85,726 ha | -21.6% |
| 2019 | 184,145 ha | +114.8% |
| 2020 | 251,917 ha | +36.8% |
| 2021 | 109,791 ha | -56.4% |
| 2022 | 147,663 ha | +34.5% |
| 2023 | 96,710 ha | -34.5% |
| 2024 | 92,372 ha | -4.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 92,372 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,929 ha, 47.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 92,372 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,274 ha, 28.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires — Burned Area in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +202.8% | 124,666 ha | 377,462 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 180,324 ha | 137,062 ha | 323,714 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190,096 ha | 115,539 ha | 377,462 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 122,460 ha | 70,123 ha | 184,145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 139,691 ha | 92,372 ha | 251,917 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More climate change data for Cameroon
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 90.03 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 15,120 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,419 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,701 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 20.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 346.46 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,047 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 798.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 248.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.01 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — burned area in Cameroon?
- Forest fires — burned area in Cameroon was 92,372 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest fires — burned area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 377,462 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burned area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,123 ha in 2014.
- How does Cameroon rank for forest fires — burned area?
- Cameroon ranks 26th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — burned area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.