Forest area in Guyana
Guyana: Forest area was 18.38 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Guyana, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 18.38 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Guyana peaked at 18.60 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 18.38 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Guyana 36th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.59 million hectares | 18.57 million hectares | 18.60 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.54 million hectares | 18.52 million hectares | 18.56 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.47 million hectares | 18.42 million hectares | 18.52 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.40 million hectares | 18.38 million hectares | 18.42 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Guyana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 10.51 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0071 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4606 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Guyana?
- Forest area in Guyana was 18.38 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 18.60 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.38 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Guyana rank for forest area?
- Guyana ranks 36th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 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.