Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Guinea-Bissau, 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 vs. gdp per capita in Guinea-Bissau stood at -0.2%.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Guinea-Bissau peaked at -0.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 2000.
That places Guinea-Bissau 173rd out of 227 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.45 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2417 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3567 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Guinea-Bissau?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Guinea-Bissau was -0.2% 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 2000.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 173rd out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.