Guinea-Bissau - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Guinea-Bissau was 19,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,333 in 1990 and a minimum value of 19,800 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 22,333
1991 22,249
1992 22,164
1993 22,080
1994 21,996
1995 21,911
1996 21,827
1997 21,742
1998 21,658
1999 21,573
2000 21,489
2001 21,404
2002 21,320
2003 21,235
2004 21,151
2005 21,067
2006 20,982
2007 20,898
2008 20,813
2009 20,729
2010 20,644
2011 20,560
2012 20,475
2013 20,391
2014 20,307
2015 20,222
2016 20,138
2017 20,053
2018 19,969
2019 19,885
2020 19,800

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Guinea-Bissau was 70.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 79.42 in 1990, while its lowest value was 70.41 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 79.42
1991 79.12
1992 78.82
1993 78.52
1994 78.22
1995 77.92
1996 77.62
1997 77.32
1998 77.02
1999 76.72
2000 76.42
2001 76.12
2002 75.82
2003 75.52
2004 75.22
2005 74.92
2006 74.62
2007 74.32
2008 74.02
2009 73.72
2010 73.42
2011 73.11
2012 72.81
2013 72.51
2014 72.21
2015 71.91
2016 71.61
2017 71.31
2018 71.01
2019 70.71
2020 70.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use