Burundi vs Libya: Forest area

Burundi

279,640 hectares

in 2025

Libya

205,330 hectares

in 2025

Burundi rank

154th

Libya rank

157th

Forest area over time

Burundi
Libya

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 279,640 hectares against 205,330 hectares in Libya, a difference of 74,310 hectares.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.4 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 154th and Libya ranks 157th of 235 countries.

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Forest area in Burundi
Forest area in Libya
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.