Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau
Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 20% in Guinea and 74.8% in Guinea-Bissau, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea-Bissau, by 54.8 percentage points, or 3.73 times that in Guinea.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Guinea-Bissau has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Guinea ranked 130 and Guinea-Bissau ranked 11 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20 | 74.8 | – |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 75 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 20.6 | 75.1 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 20.9 | 75.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 21.1 | 75.4 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 21.4 | 75.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 21.7 | 75.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 22 | 75.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 22.2 | 76 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 22.5 | 76.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 22.8 | 76.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 23 | 76.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 23.3 | 76.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 23.6 | 76.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 23.9 | 76.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 24.1 | 77.1 | 32 |
| 2008 | 24.4 | 77.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 24.7 | 77.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 25 | 77.6 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 25.2 | 77.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 25.5 | 77.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 25.8 | 78 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 26 | 78.2 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 26.3 | 78.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 26.6 | 78.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 26.9 | 78.7 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 27.1 | 78.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 27.4 | 79 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 27.7 | 79.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 28 | 79.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 28.2 | 79.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 28.5 | 79.7 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 28.8 | 79.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | 29 | 80.1 | – |
| 1990 | 29.3 | 80.3 | – |
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
Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 64.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Guinea-Bissau: 6.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 48.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Guinea-Bissau: 3.67% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Guinea-Bissau: 13.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 2.15 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 2.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 3.84 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Guinea-Bissau: 46.7% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 18.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Guinea-Bissau: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Guinea-Bissau: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Guinea-Bissau: 0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Guinea-Bissau: $21M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Guinea-Bissau: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Guinea-Bissau: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Guinea-Bissau: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Guinea-Bissau: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Guinea-Bissau: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea: 6 million TIV in 2025Guinea-Bissau: 5 million TIV in 1993