Annual forest expansion in Guinea
Guinea: Annual forest expansion was 1,000 hectares per year in 2020. ▼ Falling
Annual forest expansion in Guinea, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Guinea stood at 1,000 hectares per year. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 52.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Guinea peaked at 2,110 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,000 hectares per year, in 2020.
Guinea ranks 61st of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,110 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 2,110 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 1,995 hectares per year | 1,880 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 58 Tunisia 1,580 hectares per year compare
- 59 Saudi Arabia 1,500 hectares per year compare
- 60 Croatia 1,460 hectares per year compare
- 62 Iceland 960 hectares per year compare
- 63 Democratic Republic of Congo 610 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Guinea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 29.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.99 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.98 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0171 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Guinea?
- Annual forest expansion in Guinea was 1,000 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,110 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Guinea rank for annual forest expansion?
- Guinea ranks 61st out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).