Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guinea
Guinea: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -1.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guinea, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guinea is -1.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guinea peaked at -0.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -1.4%, in 2025.
That places Guinea 220th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.0% | -1.0% | -0.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | -1.1% | -1.1% | -1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.2% | -1.3% | -1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.3% | -1.4% | -1.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 217 Benin -1.2% compare
- 218 Puerto Rico -1.2% compare
- 219 Madagascar -1.3% compare
- 221 Somalia -1.6% compare
- 222 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -2.0% compare
- 223 Malawi -2.1% 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guinea?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guinea was -1.4% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was -0.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.4% in 2025.
- How does Guinea rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Guinea ranks 220th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.