Forest area in Guyana

Forests covered 87.1% of the land area of Guyana 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
Guyana, 2024 87.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 87.1%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Guyana (2024).
Position in 2024 6th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Guyana 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 GuyanaWorld
2024 87.1% –
2023 87.1% 31.1%
2022 87.1% 31.1%
2021 87.2% 31.2%
2020 87.2% 31.2%
2019 93.6% 31.2%
2018 93.6% 31.3%
2017 93.7% 31.3%
2016 93.7% 31.3%
2015 93.8% 31.4%
2014 93.8% 31.4%
2013 93.9% 31.4%
2012 94.0% 31.5%
2011 94.0% 31.9%
2010 94.1% 31.9%
2009 94.1% 32.0%
2008 94.1% 32.0%
2007 94.1% 32.1%
2006 94.2% 32.1%
2005 94.2% 32.1%
2004 94.2% 32.2%
2003 94.2% 32.3%
2002 94.3% 32.3%
2001 94.3% 32.3%
2000 94.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 87.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.8%, the figure has changed by −6.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Guyana has the 6th 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 Guyana
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)