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Guyana — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Guyana, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
87.09%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -7.8% since 1990
Forest area for Guyana was 87.09% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 94.50% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.25% per year.
Guyana ranks 6 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Guyana sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
87.09%
First (1990)
94.50%
Change
-7.8%
Highest
94.50%
in 1990
Lowest
87.09%
in 2023
Average
93.32%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.25%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 87.09% |
| 2022 | 87.13% |
| 2021 | 87.18% |
| 2020 | 87.22% |
| 2019 | 93.6% |
| 2018 | 93.64% |
| 2017 | 93.69% |
| 2016 | 93.74% |
| 2015 | 93.78% |
| 2014 | 93.84% |
| 2013 | 93.9% |
| 2012 | 93.96% |
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.