Change forest area share total in Guyana
Guyana: Change forest area share total was -0.0415 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Change forest area share total in Guyana, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, change forest area share total in Guyana stood at -0.0415.
The figure is up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Guyana peaked at -0.0204 in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.0633, in 2015.
That places Guyana 157th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.0204 | — |
| 1992 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | -0.0204 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | -0.0239 | +17.1% |
| 2002 | -0.0239 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | -0.0239 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | -0.0239 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | -0.024 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | -0.024 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | -0.024 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | -0.024 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | -0.024 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | -0.024 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | -0.0632 | +163.4% |
| 2012 | -0.0632 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | -0.0632 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | -0.0633 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | -0.0633 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | -0.0499 | -21.2% |
| 2017 | -0.0499 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | -0.0499 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | -0.05 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | -0.05 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | -0.0415 | -17.1% |
| 2022 | -0.0415 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | -0.0415 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | -0.0415 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | -0.0415 | +0.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's -0.0415 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0134, 3.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change forest area share total in Guyana 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 | -163.4% | -0.024 | -0.0632 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0204 | -0.0204 | -0.0204 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.0236 | -0.024 | -0.0204 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.054 | -0.0633 | -0.024 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0429 | -0.05 | -0.0415 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 154 Gabon -0.0286 compare
- 155 Solomon Islands -0.0292 compare
- 156 Algeria -0.0398 compare
- 158 French Guiana -0.0524 compare
- 159 Bangladesh -0.0527 compare
- 160 South Korea -0.0601 compare
More environment data for Guyana
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.7105 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.92 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.55 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.299 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 2.81 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Guyana?
- Change forest area share total in Guyana was -0.0415 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was -0.0204 in 1991.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0633 in 2015.
- How does Guyana rank for change forest area share total?
- Guyana ranks 157th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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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