Namibia vs Western Sahara: Annual change in forest area

Namibia

-644.04 hectares

in 2025

Western Sahara

-798.01 hectares

in 2025

Namibia rank

163rd

Western Sahara rank

166th

Annual change in forest area over time

Namibia currently reports -644.04 hectares against -798.01 hectares in Western Sahara, a difference of 153.97 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Western Sahara ahead.

Namibia ranks 163rd and Western Sahara ranks 166th 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.