Forest area in Guinea-Bissau
Forests covered 74.8% of the land area of Guinea-Bissau in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Guinea-Bissau, 2024
74.8%
Change from 2023
−0.2percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
11th of 209
Forest area in Guinea-Bissau over time
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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.8% | – |
| 2023 | 75.0% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 75.1% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 75.3% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 75.4% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 75.6% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 75.7% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 75.9% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 76.0% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 76.2% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 76.3% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 76.5% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 76.6% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 76.8% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 76.9% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 77.1% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 77.2% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 77.4% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 77.6% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 77.7% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 77.9% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 78.0% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 78.2% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 78.3% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 78.5% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 75.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 76.3%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 11th highest value.