Forest land area rose 0.329% to 4.88 '000 sq km in Gambia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Gambia reached an all time high of 4.88 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 4.42 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Gambia's main peers, forest land area in Guinea Bissau amounted to 19.7 '000 sq km, 47.2 '000 sq km in Mali, 2.25 '000 sq km in Mauritania and 82.7 '000 sq km in Senegal in 2015.
Gambia has been ranked 137th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest 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 | '000 sq km | 15.0 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 sq km | 57.1 | 56.5 | 55.9 | 55.3 | 54.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | '000 sq km | 4.78 | 4.80 | 4.82 | 4.83 | 4.85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 sq km | 65.8 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 64.7 | 64.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | '000 sq km | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 19.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | '000 sq km | 126 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 49.5 | 48.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 sq km | 2.47 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | '000 sq km | 51.2 | 56.7 | 56.6 | 56.6 | 56.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 sq km | 85.1 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.9 | 83.5 |
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