Guinea vs Saudi Arabia: Annual forest expansion
Guinea
1,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Saudi Arabia
1,500 hectares per year
in 2020
Guinea rank
61st
Saudi Arabia rank
59th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Guinea
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 1,500 hectares per year against 1,000 hectares per year in Guinea, a difference of 500 hectares per year.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.5 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 61st and Saudi Arabia ranks 59th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,110 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | Guinea |
| 2000s | 2,110 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | Guinea |
| 2010s | 1,995 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1,995 hectares per year | Guinea |
| 2020s | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Guinea or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 1,500 hectares per year against 1,000 hectares per year in Guinea as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Guinea and Saudi Arabia?
- 500 hectares per year, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Saudi Arabia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Guinea and Saudi Arabia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Guinea ranks 61st and Saudi Arabia ranks 59th 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).