Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 0.1% in Libya and 0.8% in Niger, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Niger, by 0.7 percentage points, or 7.16 times that in Libya.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Libya ranked 205 and Niger ranked 197 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Libya | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.1 | 0.8 | – |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 0.1 | 1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 0.1 | 1 | 32 |
| 2008 | 0.1 | 1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 0.1 | 1.5 | – |
| 1990 | 0.1 | 1.5 | – |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Libya vs Niger
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Niger: 0 TIV in 1973