Gabon vs Turkey: Forest area

Gabon

23.56 million hectares

in 2025

Turkey

22.81 million hectares

in 2025

Gabon rank

26th

Turkey rank

28th

Forest area over time

Gabon
Turkey

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 23.56 million hectares against 22.81 million hectares in Turkey, a difference of 749,500 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.

Gabon ranks 26th and Turkey ranks 28th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Gabon
Forest area in Turkey
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.