Change forest area share total in Guatemala
Guatemala: Change forest area share total was -0.3731 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Change forest area share total in Guatemala, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded -0.3731 for change forest area share total in 2025.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Guatemala peaked at -0.3676 in 2021 and was at its lowest, -1.48, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 190th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -1.31 | — |
| 1992 | -1.32 | +1.3% |
| 1993 | -1.34 | +1.3% |
| 1994 | -1.36 | +1.4% |
| 1995 | -1.38 | +1.4% |
| 1996 | -1.4 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | -1.42 | +1.4% |
| 1998 | -1.44 | +1.4% |
| 1999 | -1.46 | +1.5% |
| 2000 | -1.48 | +1.5% |
| 2001 | -1.13 | -23.9% |
| 2002 | -1.14 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | -1.15 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | -1.17 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | -1.18 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | -1.19 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | -1.21 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | -1.22 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | -1.24 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | -1.25 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | -0.4526 | -63.9% |
| 2012 | -0.4547 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | -0.4568 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | -0.4589 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | -0.461 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | -0.3808 | -17.4% |
| 2017 | -0.3822 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | -0.3837 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | -0.3852 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | -0.3867 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | -0.3676 | -4.9% |
| 2022 | -0.3689 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -0.3703 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.3717 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | -0.3731 | +0.4% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's -0.3731 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0134, 27.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change forest area share total in Guatemala changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +63.9% | -1.25 | -0.4526 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.38 | -1.46 | -1.31 | 9 |
| 2000s | -1.21 | -1.48 | -1.13 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.5069 | -1.25 | -0.3808 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.373 | -0.3867 | -0.3676 | 6 |
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More environment data for Guatemala
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3386 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.1016 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.02 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.273 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 17.66 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 86.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Guatemala?
- Change forest area share total in Guatemala was -0.3731 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3676 in 2021.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.48 in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for change forest area share total?
- Guatemala ranks 190th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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