France vs Guyana: Forest area

France

17.80 million hectares

in 2025

Guyana

18.38 million hectares

in 2025

France rank

38th

Guyana rank

36th

Forest area over time

France
Guyana

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 18.38 million hectares against 17.80 million hectares in France, a difference of 582,200 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Guyana has been ahead every year.

France ranks 38th and Guyana ranks 36th of 235 countries.

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Forest area in France
Forest area in Guyana
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.