Forestry & Timber 2025 · Annual
Forestry & Timber — Annual Summary 2025
Annual summary report for the Forestry & Timber sector covering fiscal year 2025. 41 indicators tracked; 6 trending up, 4 declining, 31 stable compared with FY2024. Largest gain: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Value Added (+5910.5% YoY). Largest decline: Round Logs Production (-98.4% YoY).
Annual Sector Summary — Forestry & Timber
Fiscal Year: 2025 Generated: 2026-09-06
Executive Summary
Annual summary report for the Forestry & Timber sector covering fiscal year 2025. 41 indicators tracked; 6 trending up, 4 declining, 31 stable compared with FY2024. Largest gain: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Value Added (+5910.5% YoY). Largest decline: Round Logs Production (-98.4% YoY).
Top Year-over-Year Shifts (FY2025 vs FY2024)
- Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Value Added: +5910.5% (up)
- Sawn Timber Production: +156.5% (up)
- Round Logs Production: -98.4% (down)
- Total Forest Cover: +53.5% (up)
- Forestry Subsector Growth Rate: -50.0% (down)
Indicator Performance (annual vs prior year)
- Forestry Export Earnings: FY2025 105 USD Millions (2025) · prior 98 (2024) · YoY +7.1% · trend up
- Total Natural Forest Area: FY2025 8.8 million hectares (Mha) (2025) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Natural Forest Area: FY2025 8.8 Mha (2025) · prior 8.8 (2020) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Forest Land Cover: FY2025 69 % (2025) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Round Logs Production: FY2025 10,788 cubic meters (2025) · prior 675,211 (2024) · YoY -98.4% · trend down
- Sawn Timber Production: FY2025 485,122 Pieces (2025) · prior 189,113 (2024) · YoY +156.5% · trend up
- Forestry Subsector Growth Rate: FY2025 1 % (2025) · prior 2 (2024) · YoY -50.0% · trend down
- CO2 Emissions from Forest Loss: FY2025 93 Mt (2025) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Natural Forest Loss: FY2025 140 kilohectares (2025) · prior 160 (2024) · YoY -12.5% · trend down
- Reforestation Area: FY2025 12,500 Hectares (2025) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forestry Sector GDP Contribution: FY2025 4.1 % of GDP (2025) · prior 4.2 (2024) · YoY -2.4% · trend down
- Timber / Log Export Volume: FY2025 295 Thousand Cubic Meters (2025) · prior 285 (2024) · YoY +3.5% · trend up
- Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Value Added: FY2025 1,713 USD million (2025) · prior 28.5 (2024) · YoY +5910.5% · trend up
- Total Forest Cover: FY2025 6.6 million hectares (2025) · prior 4.3 (2024) · YoY +53.5% · trend up
- Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Value Added: FY2025 1,713 USD million (2025) · prior 1,598 (2024) · YoY +7.2% · trend up
- Forest Cover: FY2025 69 % (2025) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Sawn Timber Export Volume (Libfor): FY2025 55,000 cubic meters (2024) · prior 55,000 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Sawn Timber Production (Q3): FY2025 47,944 pieces (2024) · prior 47,944 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Round Logs Production (Q3): FY2025 162,989 cubic meters (2024) · prior 162,989 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Share of GDP: FY2025 33.64 % (2024) · prior 33.64 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Estimated Forest Cover: FY2025 6.6 million hectares (2024) · prior 6.6 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Annual Deforestation Rate: FY2025 0.46 % (2024) · prior 0.46 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Natural Forest Cover: FY2025 8.8 Mha (2024) · prior 8.8 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Active Forestry Concessions: FY2025 20 concessions (2024) · prior 20 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Reduction in Targeted GHG Emissions: FY2025 20.47 % (2024) · prior 20.47 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Official Forest Cover Specification: FY2025 4.3 million hectares (Mha) (2024) · prior 4.3 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Forest Cover Specification: FY2025 4.3 million hectares (2024) · prior 4.3 (2024) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Timber Volume Exported: FY2025 120 000 m³ (2023) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forestry Revenue: FY2025 28 USD M (2023) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forest Area: FY2025 78.1 % of land area (2023) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Round Logs Export Revenue: FY2025 4.3 USD million (2023) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Round Logs Export Volume: FY2025 98,426 cubic meters (2023) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forestry Share of Extractive Revenue: FY2025 4 % (2022) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Extractive Sector Revenue: FY2025 182.35 USD million (2022) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forestry Extractive Revenue: FY2025 7.294 USD million (2022) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Formal Forestry Employment: FY2025 39,880 workers (2020) · prior 39,880 (2015) · YoY 0.0% · trend stable
- Forest Sector Employment: FY2025 39,880 workers (2020) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forestry Contribution to GDP: FY2025 10 % (2020) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Forest Sector GDP Contribution: FY2025 10 % (2020) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Industrial Round Wood Production: FY2025 550,000 cubic meters (2018) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
- Industrial Roundwood Production: FY2025 550,000 cubic meters (2018) · prior — · YoY — · trend stable
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Primary sources
- CBL
- — Central Bank of Liberia: Annual Report and Monthly Economic Review: monetary policy, exchange rates, banking soundness, balance of payments
- MFDP
- — Ministry of Finance and Development Planning: National Budget, budget execution reports, public debt and fiscal transfers
- LISGIS
- — Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services: 2022 Population and Housing Census, consumer price index, external trade and household surveys
- LRA
- — Liberia Revenue Authority: Annual Report: tax and non-tax collections, taxpayer register, filing and payment compliance
- IMF
- — International Monetary Fund: Article IV consultation reports, World Economic Outlook and fiscal/debt analysis
- World Bank
- — World Bank Group: World Development Indicators, Liberia Economic Update, debt and poverty statistics
- UNDP
- — United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Report and its index components
- WHO
- — World Health Organization: Global Health Observatory: mortality, immunization and health-system estimates
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