Liberia vs Niger: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Liberia

-0.6%

in 2025

Niger

-0.5%

in 2025

Liberia rank

200th

Niger rank

197th

Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time

Niger currently reports -0.5% against -0.6% in Liberia, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Liberia ranks 200th and Niger ranks 197th of 228 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Unit: %
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: 228 places, 7,980 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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