Guinea-Bissau vs United Kingdom: Drivers of deforestation

Guinea-Bissau

78.16 hectares

in 2023

United Kingdom

70.99 hectares

in 2016

Guinea-Bissau rank

88th

United Kingdom rank

89th

Drivers of deforestation over time

Guinea-Bissau
United Kingdom

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 78.16 hectares against 70.99 hectares in United Kingdom, a difference of 7.17 hectares.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 88th and United Kingdom ranks 89th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Drivers of deforestation
Unit: hectares
Source: Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.