Burkina Faso vs Guinea

Burkina Faso vs Guinea: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 12.3% in Burkina Faso and 20% in Guinea, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea, by 7.8 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Burkina Faso.

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% of land · FAO · log scale

All yearsSince 2010
ValuesChange
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World
Burkina Faso vs Guinea: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 12.3% in Burkina Faso and 20% in Guinea, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea, by 7.8 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoGuineaWorld

Latest figures

% of land · FAO

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Burkina Faso12.3 202416.7153 of 209
Guinea20 202422.8130 of 209
World31.1 202331.4

What the numbers say

  • Guinea has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
  • In 2024, Burkina Faso ranked 153 and Guinea ranked 130 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearBurkina FasoGuineaWorld
202412.320–
202312.720.331.1
202213.220.631.1
202113.620.931.2
20201421.131.2
201914.521.431.2
201814.921.731.3
201715.32231.3
201615.822.231.3
201516.222.531.4
201416.722.831.4
201317.12331.4
201217.523.331.5
20111823.631.9
201018.423.932
200918.924.132
200819.424.432
200719.924.732.1
200620.42532.1
200520.925.232.1
200421.425.532.2
200321.825.832.3
200222.32632.3
200122.826.332.3
200023.326.632.4
19992426.932.5
199824.727.132.5
199725.427.432.6
199626.127.732.7
199526.82832.7
199427.528.232.8
199328.228.532.8
199228.928.833
199129.629–
199030.329.3–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
  • Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time