Guatemala vs Malawi: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area

Guatemala
1.7%
in 2020
Malawi
1.9%
in 2020
Guatemala rank
6th
Malawi rank
5th

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time

  • Guatemala
  • Malawi
0123199020052020

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1.9% against 1.7% in Guatemala, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Malawi'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 6th and Malawi ranks 5th of 105 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Unit
%
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
105 places, 525 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.