Guinea-Bissau vs Sri Lanka: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported
Guinea-Bissau
-4,238 hectares
in 2025
Sri Lanka
-4,944 hectares
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
180th
Sri Lanka rank
183rd
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports -4,238 hectares against -4,944 hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 706 hectares.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 180th and Sri Lanka ranks 183rd of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -5,027 hectares | -13,880 hectares | 8,853 hectares | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | -4,459 hectares | -8,154 hectares | 3,695 hectares | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | -4,254 hectares | -2,750 hectares | 1,504 hectares | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | -4,238 hectares | -2,548 hectares | 1,690 hectares | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, Guinea-Bissau or Sri Lanka?
- Guinea-Bissau, at -4,238 hectares against -4,944 hectares in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka?
- 706 hectares, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 180th and Sri Lanka ranks 183rd of 235 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 Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.