Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods
Guinea
-66,998 hectares
in 2025
Zimbabwe
-53,000 hectares
in 2025
Guinea rank
210th
Zimbabwe rank
208th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods over time
- Guinea
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports -53,000 hectares against -66,998 hectares in Guinea, a difference of 13,998 hectares.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 210th and Zimbabwe ranks 208th of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -66,997 hectares | -105,719 hectares | 38,722 hectares | Guinea |
| 2000s | -66,997 hectares | -105,719 hectares | 38,722 hectares | Guinea |
| 2010s | -66,997 hectares | -62,138 hectares | 4,859 hectares | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | -66,998 hectares | -53,222 hectares | 13,776 hectares | Zimbabwe |
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 or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at -53,000 hectares against -66,998 hectares in Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between Guinea and Zimbabwe?
- 13,998 hectares, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Zimbabwe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Guinea ranks 210th and Zimbabwe ranks 208th 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.