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Guatemala — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Guatemala, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
32.60%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -26.9% since 1990
Forest area for Guatemala was 32.60% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 44.62% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.95% per year.
Guatemala ranks 102 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 48%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Guatemala sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 27% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
32.60%
First (1990)
44.62%
Change
-26.9%
Highest
44.62%
in 1990
Lowest
32.60%
in 2023
Average
37.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.95%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 32.6% |
| 2022 | 32.7% |
| 2021 | 32.81% |
| 2020 | 32.92% |
| 2019 | 33.03% |
| 2018 | 33.14% |
| 2017 | 33.25% |
| 2016 | 33.35% |
| 2015 | 33.46% |
| 2014 | 33.72% |
| 2013 | 33.97% |
| 2012 | 34.23% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.