Guinea-Bissau vs Malawi: Forest area

Guinea-Bissau

2.10 million hectares

in 2025

Malawi

2.03 million hectares

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau rank

108th

Malawi rank

110th

Forest area over time

Guinea-Bissau
Malawi

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2.10 million hectares against 2.03 million hectares in Malawi, a difference of 67,890 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 108th and Malawi ranks 110th of 235 countries.

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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.