Forest area in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Forest area was 2.10 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Guinea-Bissau, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Guinea-Bissau is 2.10 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 2.26 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2.10 million hectares, in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 108th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.23 million hectares | 2.21 million hectares | 2.26 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.19 million hectares | 2.17 million hectares | 2.21 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.14 million hectares | 2.13 million hectares | 2.16 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.11 million hectares | 2.10 million hectares | 2.12 million hectares | 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 forest area in Guinea-Bissau?
- Forest area in Guinea-Bissau was 2.10 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.10 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for forest area?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 108th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area 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 falling.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.