Annual afforestation in Gabon
Gabon: Annual afforestation was 310 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual afforestation in Gabon, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual afforestation in Gabon is 310 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 64.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Gabon peaked at 1,740 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 310 hectares per year, in 2015.
Gabon ranks 55th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,110 hectares per year | 1,110 hectares per year | 1,110 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 1,740 hectares per year | 1,740 hectares per year | 1,740 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 590 hectares per year | 310 hectares per year | 870 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 310 hectares per year | 310 hectares per year | 310 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More environment data for Gabon
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 21.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.58 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4374 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 13.97 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 14.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.275 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Gabon?
- Annual afforestation in Gabon was 310 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,740 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 310 hectares per year in 2015.
- How does Gabon rank for annual afforestation?
- Gabon ranks 55th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.