Forest area in Gabon
Gabon: Forest area was 23.56 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Gabon, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 23.56 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Gabon peaked at 23.77 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 23.56 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Gabon 26th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.74 million hectares | 23.71 million hectares | 23.77 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.69 million hectares | 23.69 million hectares | 23.70 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.63 million hectares | 23.60 million hectares | 23.68 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.57 million hectares | 23.56 million hectares | 23.59 million hectares | 6 |
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 forest area in Gabon?
- Forest area in Gabon was 23.56 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 23.77 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.56 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Gabon rank for forest area?
- Gabon ranks 26th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.