Gambia vs Libya: Forest area

Gambia

209,470 hectares

in 2025

Libya

205,330 hectares

in 2025

Gambia rank

156th

Libya rank

157th

Forest area over time

Gambia
Libya

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 209,470 hectares against 205,330 hectares in Libya, a difference of 4,140 hectares.

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

Gambia ranks 156th and Libya ranks 157th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Gambia
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.