Lebanon vs Samoa: Forest area
Lebanon
141,320 hectares
in 2025
Samoa
159,760 hectares
in 2025
Lebanon rank
162nd
Samoa rank
159th
Forest area over time
- Lebanon
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 159,760 hectares against 141,320 hectares in Lebanon, a difference of 18,440 hectares.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Lebanon ranks 162nd and Samoa ranks 159th of 235 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 138,356 hectares | 174,416 hectares | 36,059 hectares | Samoa |
| 2000s | 139,331 hectares | 169,606 hectares | 30,274 hectares | Samoa |
| 2010s | 140,309 hectares | 164,800 hectares | 24,491 hectares | Samoa |
| 2020s | 141,080 hectares | 160,960 hectares | 19,880 hectares | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Lebanon or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 159,760 hectares against 141,320 hectares in Lebanon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Lebanon and Samoa?
- 18,440 hectares, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Samoa?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Lebanon and Samoa rank globally for forest area?
- Lebanon ranks 162nd and Samoa ranks 159th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.