Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.482% in Gambia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Gambia reached an all time high of 0.482% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.437% in 1990. When compared to Gambia's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Guinea Bissau amounted to 0.701%, 0.039% in Mali, 0.002% in Mauritania and 0.430% in Senegal in 2015.
Gambia has been ranked 40th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | % | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.209% | 0.206% | 0.204% | 0.202% | 0.200% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 0.473% | 0.474% | 0.476% | 0.477% | 0.479% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.268% | 0.266% | 0.265% | 0.263% | 0.262% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | % | 0.723% | 0.719% | 0.716% | 0.712% | 0.708% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.043% | 0.042% | 0.041% | 0.041% | 0.040% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 0.126% | 0.127% | 0.127% | 0.127% | 0.127% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.010% | 0.010% | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.009% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.442% | 0.440% | 0.438% | 0.436% | 0.434% | ... |
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