Forest area in Gabon

Forests covered 91.4% of the land area of Gabon in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2024 91.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 91.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Gabon (2024).
Position in 2024 3rd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Gabon over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period GabonWorld
2024 91.4% –
2023 91.5% 31.1%
2022 91.5% 31.1%
2021 91.5% 31.2%
2020 91.5% 31.2%
2019 91.6% 31.2%
2018 91.6% 31.3%
2017 91.6% 31.3%
2016 91.7% 31.3%
2015 91.7% 31.4%
2014 91.7% 31.4%
2013 91.8% 31.4%
2012 91.8% 31.5%
2011 91.9% 31.9%
2010 91.9% 31.9%
2009 91.9% 32.0%
2008 91.9% 32.0%
2007 91.9% 32.1%
2006 91.9% 32.1%
2005 91.9% 32.1%
2004 92.0% 32.2%
2003 92.0% 32.3%
2002 92.0% 32.3%
2001 92.0% 32.3%
2000 92.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 91.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.7%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Gabon has the 3rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Gabon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)