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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Libya: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.2%
in 2020
Libya
0.2%
in 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
38th
Libya rank
41st

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Libya
0.20.40.6199020052020

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Libya, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of Congo has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 38th and Libya ranks 41st of 105 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation 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
105 places, 525 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.