Forest area in Guinea
Guinea: Forest area was 4.86 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 4.86 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Guinea peaked at 7.20 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.86 million hectares, in 2025.
Guinea ranks 72nd 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 | 6.90 million hectares | 6.60 million hectares | 7.20 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.23 million hectares | 5.93 million hectares | 6.53 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.56 million hectares | 5.26 million hectares | 5.86 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.02 million hectares | 4.86 million hectares | 5.19 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
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 forest area in Guinea?
- Forest area in Guinea was 4.86 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?
- The highest recorded value was 7.20 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.86 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Guinea rank for forest area?
- Guinea ranks 72nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. 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 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.