Planted Forest — Area in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Planted Forest — Area was 0.37 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Area in Guinea-Bissau, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 0.37 1000 ha for planted forest — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — area in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.37 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.22 1000 ha, in 1990.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 195th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Planted Forest — Area in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.22 1000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.24 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.25 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 0.27 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.28 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 0.3 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 0.31 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.33 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 0.34 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.36 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 0.37 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.37 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 121.61 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.37 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 111.45 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.29 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.36 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.37 1000 ha | 0.37 1000 ha | 0.37 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.37 1000 ha | 0.37 1000 ha | 0.37 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.37 1000 ha | 0.37 1000 ha | 0.37 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 192 Guadeloupe 0.5 1000 ha compare
- 192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5 1000 ha compare
- 192 Tonga 0.5 1000 ha compare
- 196 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.36 1000 ha compare
- 197 Lebanon 0.35 1000 ha compare
- 198 Djibouti 0.31 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.26 % 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 0.4449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — area in Guinea-Bissau?
- Planted forest — area in Guinea-Bissau was 0.37 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — area recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.37 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest planted forest — area recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.22 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for planted forest — area?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 195th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — area rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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, published as part of Planted Forest — 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.