Forest area in Liberia
Liberia: Forest area was 6.33 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Liberia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Liberia stood at 6.33 million hectares. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Liberia peaked at 8.01 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6.33 million hectares, in 2025.
Liberia ranks 67th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.01 million hectares | 8.01 million hectares | 8.01 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.83 million hectares | 7.66 million hectares | 8.01 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.11 million hectares | 6.63 million hectares | 7.62 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.43 million hectares | 6.33 million hectares | 6.53 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Liberia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 4.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7946 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.3841 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.13 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5485 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Liberia?
- Forest area in Liberia was 6.33 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.01 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.33 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Liberia rank for forest area?
- Liberia ranks 67th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.