Guinea vs Tunisia: Annual forest expansion
Guinea
1,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Tunisia
1,580 hectares per year
in 2020
Guinea rank
61st
Tunisia rank
58th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Guinea
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 1,580 hectares per year against 1,000 hectares per year in Guinea, a difference of 580 hectares per year.
That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.6 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tunisia ahead.
Guinea ranks 61st and Tunisia ranks 58th of 110 countries.
Tunisia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,110 hectares per year | 6,710 hectares per year | 4,600 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 2,110 hectares per year | 6,300 hectares per year | 4,190 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 1,995 hectares per year | 2,380 hectares per year | 385 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,580 hectares per year | 580 hectares per year | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Guinea or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 1,580 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 Tunisia?
- 580 hectares per year, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Tunisia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Guinea and Tunisia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Guinea ranks 61st and Tunisia ranks 58th 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).