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Guinea-Bissau — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Guinea-Bissau, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
69.51%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -12.5% since 1990
Forest area for Guinea-Bissau was 69.51% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 79.42% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.40% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 17 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Guinea-Bissau sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
69.51%
First (1990)
79.42%
Change
-12.5%
Highest
79.42%
in 1990
Lowest
69.51%
in 2023
Average
74.47%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.40%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 69.51% |
| 2022 | 69.81% |
| 2021 | 70.11% |
| 2020 | 70.41% |
| 2019 | 70.71% |
| 2018 | 71.01% |
| 2017 | 71.31% |
| 2016 | 71.61% |
| 2015 | 71.91% |
| 2014 | 72.21% |
| 2013 | 72.51% |
| 2012 | 72.81% |
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.