Guinea vs Nepal: Forest area
Guinea
4.86 million hectares
in 2025
Nepal
6.27 million hectares
in 2025
Guinea rank
72nd
Nepal rank
69th
Forest area over time
- Guinea
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 6.27 million hectares against 4.86 million hectares in Guinea, a difference of 1.41 million hectares.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.3 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 72nd and Nepal ranks 69th of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Nepal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.90 million hectares | 5.82 million hectares | 1.08 million hectares | Guinea |
| 2000s | 6.23 million hectares | 5.99 million hectares | 239,900 hectares | Guinea |
| 2010s | 5.56 million hectares | 6.11 million hectares | 550,993 hectares | Nepal |
| 2020s | 5.02 million hectares | 6.22 million hectares | 1.20 million hectares | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Guinea or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 6.27 million hectares against 4.86 million hectares in Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Guinea and Nepal?
- 1.41 million hectares, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Nepal?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Nepal rank globally for forest area?
- Guinea ranks 72nd and Nepal ranks 69th 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.