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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Guinea: Annual afforestation

Democratic Republic of Congo
610 hectares per year
in 2020
Guinea
1,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
48th
Guinea rank
45th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Guinea
5001.0k1.5k2.0k199020052020

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 1,000 hectares per year against 610 hectares per year in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 390 hectares per year.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 48th and Guinea ranks 45th of 106 countries.

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About this data

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

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