Libya vs Western Sahara: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Libya

-0.2%

in 2025

Western Sahara

-0.2%

in 2025

Libya rank

170th

Western Sahara rank

168th

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

Western Sahara currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in Libya, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 170th and Western Sahara ranks 168th 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.