Guatemala vs Paraguay: Annual forest expansion
Guatemala
47,910 hectares per year
in 2020
Paraguay
53,910 hectares per year
in 2020
Guatemala rank
10th
Paraguay rank
8th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Guatemala
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 53,910 hectares per year against 47,910 hectares per year in Guatemala, a difference of 6,000 hectares per year.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 10th and Paraguay ranks 8th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,100 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 17,100 hectares per year | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 36,480 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 36,480 hectares per year | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 77,065 hectares per year | 5,210 hectares per year | 71,855 hectares per year | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 47,910 hectares per year | 53,910 hectares per year | 6,000 hectares per year | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Guatemala or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 53,910 hectares per year against 47,910 hectares per year in Guatemala as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Guatemala and Paraguay?
- 6,000 hectares per year, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Paraguay?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Guatemala and Paraguay rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Guatemala ranks 10th and Paraguay ranks 8th of 110 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 forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).