Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 91.4% in Gabon and 64% in Congo - Brazzaville, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gabon, by 27.5 percentage points, or 1.43 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% of land · FAO

GabonCongo - BrazzavilleWorld

What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Gabon ranked 3 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 25 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Gabon	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2024	91.4	64	–
2023	91.5	63.9	31.1
2022	91.5	63.9	31.1
2021	91.5	63.8	31.2
2020	91.6	63.8	31.2
2019	91.6	63.9	31.2
2018	91.6	63.9	31.3
2017	91.6	64	31.3
2016	91.7	64.1	31.3
2015	91.7	64.2	31.4
2014	91.7	64.2	31.4
2013	91.8	64.3	31.4
2012	91.8	64.4	31.5
2011	91.9	64.4	31.9
2010	91.9	64.5	32
2009	91.9	64.5	32
2008	91.9	64.5	32
2007	91.9	64.6	32.1
2006	91.9	64.6	32.1
2005	92	64.6	32.1
2004	92	64.7	32.2
2003	92	64.7	32.3
2002	92	64.8	32.3
2001	92	64.8	32.3
2000	92	64.8	32.4
1999	92	64.9	32.5
1998	92	64.9	32.5
1997	92.1	64.9	32.6
1996	92.1	65	32.7
1995	92.1	65	32.7
1994	92.2	65	32.8
1993	92.2	65.1	32.8
1992	92.2	65.1	33
1991	92.2	65.1	–
1990	92.3	65.2	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsGabon: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 22 deaths in 2022