What is the difference in annual afforestation between Chile and Guinea?

40 hectares per year, with Chile ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Guinea?

5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chile vs Guinea: Annual afforestation

Chile

1,040 hectares per year

in 2020

Guinea

1,000 hectares per year

in 2020

Chile rank

44th

Guinea rank

45th

Annual afforestation over time

Chile
Guinea

How they compare

Chile currently reports 1,040 hectares per year against 1,000 hectares per year in Guinea, a difference of 40 hectares per year.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 44th and Guinea ranks 45th of 106 countries.

Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	63,610 hectares per year	2,110 hectares per year	61,500 hectares per year	Chile
2000s	53,240 hectares per year	2,110 hectares per year	51,130 hectares per year	Chile
2010s	6,685 hectares per year	1,995 hectares per year	4,690 hectares per year	Chile
2020s	1,040 hectares per year	1,000 hectares per year	40 hectares per year	Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Chile or Guinea?: Chile, at 1,040 hectares per year against 1,000 hectares per year in Guinea as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Chile and Guinea?: 40 hectares per year, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Guinea?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Chile and Guinea rank globally for annual afforestation?: Chile ranks 44th and Guinea ranks 45th of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Annual afforestation
Unit: hectares per year
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 530 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.