Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Gambia
Gambia: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -3.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Gambia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded -3.1% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Gambia peaked at -1.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -3.1%, in 2025.
That places Gambia 225th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.5% | -1.6% | -1.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | -1.7% | -1.9% | -1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | -2.1% | -2.3% | -1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | -2.8% | -3.1% | -2.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 222 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -2.0% compare
- 223 Malawi -2.1% compare
- 224 Cote d'Ivoire -2.1% compare
- 226 Chad -3.5% compare
- 227 Burkina Faso -3.7% compare
- 228 Cambodia -4.9% compare
More environment data for Gambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.6737 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5387 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0956 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3024 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Gambia?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Gambia was -3.1% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was -1.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.1% in 2025.
- How does Gambia rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Gambia ranks 225th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.