Libya vs Samoa: Annual change in forest area

Libya

-334 hectares

in 2025

Samoa

-480 hectares

in 2025

Libya rank

159th

Samoa rank

161st

Annual change in forest area over time

Libya currently reports -334 hectares against -480 hectares in Samoa, a difference of 146 hectares.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

Libya ranks 159th and Samoa ranks 161st of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.