Protected areas in Guinea-Bissau
Protected areas covered 13.2% of the territory of Guinea-Bissau in 2025.
Guinea-Bissau, 2025
13.2%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
17.0%
Position in 2025
98th of 213
Protected areas in Guinea-Bissau over time
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% of total territorial area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.2% | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 13.2% | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | 14.9% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | 14.8% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | 14.5% |
| 2018 | 11.6% | 14.1% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | 12.1% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | 11.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 11.5%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Guinea-Bissau has the 98th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.