Gabon vs Guyana: Annual change in forest area

Gabon

-6,732 hectares

in 2025

Guyana

-7,630 hectares

in 2025

Gabon rank

188th

Guyana rank

190th

Annual change in forest area over time

Gabon currently reports -6,732 hectares against -7,630 hectares in Guyana, a difference of 898.05 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Guyana ahead.

Gabon ranks 188th and Guyana ranks 190th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.