El Salvador vs Guatemala: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 33% in El Salvador and 33.1% in Guatemala, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1 times that in El Salvador.

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% of land · FAO

El SalvadorGuatemalaWorld

What the numbers say

Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, El Salvador ranked 105 and Guatemala ranked 104 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	El Salvador	Guatemala	World
2024	33	33.1	–
2023	33	33.2	31.1
2022	32.9	33.4	31.1
2021	32.9	33.5	31.2
2020	32.9	33.6	31.2
2019	32.8	33.7	31.2
2018	32.8	33.9	31.3
2017	32.7	34	31.3
2016	32.7	34.1	31.3
2015	32.7	34.3	31.4
2014	32.7	34.4	31.4
2013	32.6	34.6	31.4
2012	32.6	34.7	31.5
2011	32.6	34.9	31.9
2010	32.6	35.1	32
2009	32.8	35.5	32
2008	32.9	35.9	32
2007	33.1	36.4	32.1
2006	33.2	36.8	32.1
2005	33.4	37.3	32.1
2004	33.5	37.7	32.2
2003	33.6	38.1	32.3
2002	33.8	38.6	32.3
2001	33.9	39	32.3
2000	34.1	39.4	32.4
1999	34.2	40	32.5
1998	34.4	40.6	32.5
1997	34.5	41.2	32.6
1996	34.6	41.8	32.7
1995	34.8	42.4	32.7
1994	34.9	43	32.8
1993	35.1	43.5	32.8
1992	35.2	44.1	33
1991	35.4	44.7	–
1990	35.5	45.3	–

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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.

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