Deforestation statistics for Gambia

Gambia: Demographic data

Population (2022)	2,416,668
Annual population growth rate (2022)	2.90%
Population density (people/sq km)	239
Net migration	-3,087
Fertility rate	5.3
Median age	18
Urban population share	59%

Gambia: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 10,120

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 4,562
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 0.50%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 669
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 14.70%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 111
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 0.00%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 2.40%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): nan
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 0.00%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 111
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 0.00%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 2%

Gambia: Annual forest and tree cover data

Gambia: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: nan
2003: nan
2004: nan
2005: nan
2006: nan
2007: nan
2008: nan
2009: nan
2010: nan
2011: nan
2012: nan
2013: nan
2014: nan
2015: nan
2016: nan
2017: nan
2018: nan
2019: nan
2020: nan

Gambia: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 3
2002: 40
2003: 11
2004: 63
2005: 6
2006: 6
2007: 50
2008: 297
2009: 9
2010: 24
2011: 30
2012: 41
2013: 12
2014: 17
2015: 10
2016: 5
2017: 8
2018: 6
2019: 20
2020: 10

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Banjul	221	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Lower River	39	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Maccarthy Island	4	3	0	0	0	3	75.4%
North Bank	832	28	15	9	4	56	6.8%
Upper River	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Western	3,467	92	370	102	45	609	17.6%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Banjul	Banjul	0	0.0%
Banjul	Kanifing	2	0.0%
Lower River	Jarra Central	0	0.0%
Lower River	Jarra East	0	0.0%
Lower River	Jarra West	0	0.0%
Lower River	Kiang Central	0	0.0%
Lower River	Kiang East	0	0.0%
Lower River	Kiang West	0	0.0%
Maccarthy Island	Niamina Dankunku	0	0.0%
Maccarthy Island	Niamina West	0	0.0%
North Bank	Central Baddibu	0	0.0%
North Bank	Jokadu	0	0.0%
North Bank	Upper Baddibu	0	0.0%
North Bank	Upper Nuimi	0	0.0%
Western	Foni Bintang Karanai	18	0.0%
Western	Foni Brefet	68	0.0%
Western	Kombo Central	1	0.0%
Western	Kombo East	21	0.0%
Western	Kombo Saint Mary	0	0.0%
Western	Kombo South	0	0.0%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Banjul	2	0.0%
Lower River	0	0.0%
Maccarthy Island	0	0.0%
North Bank	0	0.0%
Western	109	0.0%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Banjul	Banjul	0	0.0%
Banjul	Kanifing	2	0.0%
Lower River	Jarra Central	0	0.0%
Lower River	Jarra East	0	0.0%
Lower River	Jarra West	0	0.0%
Lower River	Kiang Central	0	0.0%
Lower River	Kiang East	0	0.0%
Lower River	Kiang West	0	0.0%
Maccarthy Island	Niamina Dankunku	0	0.0%
Maccarthy Island	Niamina West	0	0.0%
North Bank	Central Baddibu	0	0.0%
North Bank	Jokadu	0	0.0%
North Bank	Upper Baddibu	0	0.0%
North Bank	Upper Nuimi	0	0.0%
Western	Foni Bintang Karanai	18	0.0%
Western	Foni Brefet	68	0.0%
Western	Kombo Central	1	0.0%
Western	Kombo East	21	0.0%
Western	Kombo Saint Mary	0	0.0%
Western	Kombo South	0	0.0%

2019 forest data for Gambia | Archived forest data for Gambia | Forest data for Gambia

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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