Forest land — Share in Land area in Guyana
Guyana: Forest land — Share in Land area was 87.07 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Guyana, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Guyana stood at 87.07 %. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Guyana peaked at 94.5 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 87.07 %, in 2024.
That places Guyana 7th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 94.5 % | — |
| 1991 | 94.48 % | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 94.46 % | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 94.44 % | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 94.42 % | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 94.4 % | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 94.38 % | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 94.36 % | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 94.34 % | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 94.33 % | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 94.31 % | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 94.28 % | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 94.26 % | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 94.24 % | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 94.22 % | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 94.19 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 94.17 % | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 94.15 % | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 94.13 % | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 94.1 % | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 94.08 % | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.02 % | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 93.96 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 93.9 % | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 93.84 % | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 93.78 % | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 93.74 % | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 93.69 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 93.64 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.6 % | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 87.23 % | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 87.18 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 87.15 % | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 87.11 % | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 87.07 % | -0.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 87.07 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 34.12 %, 2.6× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 87.07 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48.2 %, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.41 % | 94.33 % | 94.5 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.2 % | 94.1 % | 94.31 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.83 % | 93.6 % | 94.08 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.15 % | 87.07 % | 87.23 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 4 Gabon 91.44 % compare
- 5 Palau 90.83 % compare
- 6 Solomon Islands 89.84 % compare
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare
- 9 American Samoa 79.65 % compare
- 10 Pitcairn 78.51 % 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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Guyana?
- Forest land — share in land area in Guyana was 87.07 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.07 % in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Guyana ranks 7th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.