Libya vs Syria: Drivers of deforestation

Libya
0.17 hectares
in 2023
Syria
0.21 hectares
in 2023
Libya rank
153rd
Syria rank
150th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Libya
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 0.21 hectares against 0.17 hectares in Libya, a difference of 0.04 hectares.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.2 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 153rd and Syria ranks 150th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drivers of deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
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Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.