Forest area in Libya
Libya: Forest area was 205,330 hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Libya, 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 Libya stood at 205,330 hectares. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Libya peaked at 217,000 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 205,330 hectares, in 2025.
Libya ranks 157th 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 | 215,502 hectares | 214,003 hectares | 217,000 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 212,172 hectares | 210,673 hectares | 213,670 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 208,837 hectares | 207,334 hectares | 210,340 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 206,165 hectares | 205,330 hectares | 207,000 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More environment data for Libya
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 98.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 13.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0897 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 22.1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 27.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0353 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.2146 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Libya?
- Forest area in Libya was 205,330 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 217,000 hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 205,330 hectares in 2025.
- How does Libya rank for forest area?
- Libya ranks 157th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya 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.