Guyana vs Nigeria: Forest area
Guyana
18.38 million hectares
in 2025
Nigeria
17.13 million hectares
in 2025
Guyana rank
36th
Nigeria rank
39th
Forest area over time
- Guyana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 18.38 million hectares against 17.13 million hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 1.25 million hectares.
That makes Guyana's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.
Guyana ranks 36th and Nigeria ranks 39th of 235 countries.
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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.