Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita was 0.1714 t per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.1714 t per person for forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Cameroon peaked at 1.26 t per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.1714 t per person, in 2024.
That places Cameroon 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.767 t per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.745 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7239 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7036 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6841 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6656 t per person | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.57 t per person | -14.4% |
| 1997 | 0.5383 t per person | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 1.24 t per person | +130.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8807 t per person | -28.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6705 t per person | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 0.4659 t per person | -30.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4286 t per person | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 1.26 t per person | +194.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5571 t per person | -55.9% |
| 2005 | 1.13 t per person | +103.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3857 t per person | -66.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3877 t per person | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5306 t per person | +36.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3269 t per person | -38.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4457 t per person | +36.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4081 t per person | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3378 t per person | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3296 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1718 t per person | -47.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1793 t per person | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2865 t per person | +59.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2448 t per person | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1869 t per person | -23.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3904 t per person | +108.9% |
| 2020 | 0.519 t per person | +32.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2204 t per person | -57.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2885 t per person | +30.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1843 t per person | -36.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1714 t per person | -7.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.1714 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0115 t per person, 14.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.1714 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0147 t per person, 11.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires: Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) … capita 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 | +194.6% | 0.4286 t per person | 1.26 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7516 t per person | 0.5383 t per person | 1.24 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.615 t per person | 0.3269 t per person | 1.26 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2981 t per person | 0.1718 t per person | 0.4457 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2767 t per person | 0.1714 t per person | 0.519 t per person | 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 — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Cameroon?
- Forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Cameroon was 0.1714 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 t per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1714 t per person in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter)?
- Cameroon ranks 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest fires — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forest fires — Burning crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.