Libya

Forest area in Libya

Forest area in Libya: 0.1% in 1990 and 0.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.1%
Since 1990
−0 percentage points
Rank, 2024
205 of 209
counting from the highest

% of land · FAO

Forest area in LibyaForest area in Libya: 0.1% in 1990 and 0.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates. In 2024, Libya ranked 205 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearLibyaWorld
20240.1–
20230.131.1
20220.131.1
20210.131.2
20200.131.2
20190.131.2
20180.131.3
20170.131.3
20160.131.3
20150.131.4
20140.131.4
20130.131.4
20120.131.5
20110.131.9
20100.132
20090.132
20080.132
20070.132.1
20060.132.1
20050.132.1
20040.132.2
20030.132.3
20020.132.3
20010.132.3
20000.132.4
19990.132.5
19980.132.5
19970.132.6
19960.132.7
19950.132.7
19940.132.8
19930.132.8
19920.133
19910.1–
19900.1–

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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