Forest land area rose 0.877% to 230 '000 sq km in Gabon in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Gabon reached an all time high of 230 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 220 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Gabon's main peers, forest land area in Angola amounted to 579 '000 sq km, 188 '000 sq km in Cameroon, 223 '000 sq km in Congo and 15.7 '000 sq km in Equatorial Guinea in 2015.
Gabon has been ranked 25th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 3 places above 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 |
| Angola | '000 sq km | 586 | 585 | 584 | 582 | 581 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | '000 sq km | 115 | 114 | 112 | 111 | 110 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | '000 sq km | 201 | 199 | 197 | 195 | 193 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | '000 sq km | 226 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | '000 sq km | 116 | 55.1 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | '000 sq km | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 sq km | 1,544 | 1,541 | 1,538 | 1,535 | 1,532 | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | '000 sq km | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | '000 sq km | 220 | 220 | 222 | 224 | 226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | '000 sq km | 73.6 | 72.9 | 72.2 | 71.4 | 70.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | '000 sq km | 94.5 | 90.4 | 86.3 | 82.2 | 78.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 sq km | 496 | 495 | 493 | 491 | 490 |
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