Libya vs Western Sahara: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Libya
-0.2%
in 2025
Western Sahara
-0.2%
in 2025
Libya rank
169th
Western Sahara rank
167th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Libya
- Western Sahara
How they compare
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 169th and Western Sahara ranks 167th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 3 and Western Sahara in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2% | -1.2% | 1.0% | Libya |
| 2000s | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Libya |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Western Sahara |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Libya or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara, at -0.2% against -0.2% in Libya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Libya and Western Sahara?
- 0.0%, with Western Sahara ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Western Sahara?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Libya and Western Sahara rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Libya ranks 169th and Western Sahara ranks 167th of 227 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.