Forest area in Guinea

Forests covered 20.0% of the land area of Guinea in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guinea, 2024 20.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 20.3%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Guinea (2024).
Position in 2024 130th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Guinea 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.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period GuineaWorld
2024 20.0% –
2023 20.3% 31.1%
2022 20.6% 31.1%
2021 20.9% 31.2%
2020 21.1% 31.2%
2019 21.4% 31.2%
2018 21.7% 31.3%
2017 21.9% 31.3%
2016 22.2% 31.3%
2015 22.5% 31.4%
2014 22.8% 31.4%
2013 23.0% 31.4%
2012 23.3% 31.5%
2011 23.6% 31.9%
2010 23.9% 31.9%
2009 24.1% 32.0%
2008 24.4% 32.0%
2007 24.7% 32.1%
2006 24.9% 32.1%
2005 25.2% 32.1%
2004 25.5% 32.2%
2003 25.8% 32.3%
2002 26.0% 32.3%
2001 26.3% 32.3%
2000 26.6% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 20.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.8%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Guinea has the 130th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)