Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana
Guyana: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana stood at -0.0%.
The figure is up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana peaked at -0.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, 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.
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.0% | — |
| 1992 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | -0.0% | +17.1% |
| 2002 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | -0.1% | +163.4% |
| 2012 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | -0.0% | -21.2% |
| 2017 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | -0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | -0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | -0.0% | -17.1% |
| 2022 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's -0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0%, 3.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 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% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 154 Gabon -0.0% compare
- 155 Solomon Islands -0.0% compare
- 156 Algeria -0.0% compare
- 158 French Guiana -0.1% compare
- 159 Bangladesh -0.1% compare
- 160 South Korea -0.1% compare
More environment data for Guyana
- 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 12.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Guyana was -0.0% 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was -0.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2015.
- How does Guyana rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Guyana ranks 157th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 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 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.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.