Guinea vs Tanzania
Guinea vs Tanzania: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 20% in Guinea and 49.6% in Tanzania, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 29.6 percentage points, or 2.48 times that in Guinea.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Guinea ranked 130 and Tanzania ranked 61 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Guinea | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20 | 49.6 | – |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 50.2 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 20.6 | 50.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 20.9 | 51.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 21.1 | 51.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 21.4 | 52.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 21.7 | 52.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 22 | 53.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 22.2 | 53.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 22.5 | 54.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 22.8 | 54.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 23 | 55.2 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 23.3 | 55.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 23.6 | 56.1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 23.9 | 56.6 | 32 |
| 2009 | 24.1 | 57 | 32 |
| 2008 | 24.4 | 57.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 24.7 | 57.9 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 25 | 58.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 25.2 | 58.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 25.5 | 59.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 25.8 | 59.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 26 | 60.2 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 26.3 | 60.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 26.6 | 61.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 26.9 | 61.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 27.1 | 62 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 27.4 | 62.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 27.7 | 62.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 28 | 63.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 28.2 | 63.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 28.5 | 64.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 28.8 | 64.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 29 | 65.2 | – |
| 1990 | 29.3 | 65.7 | – |
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 Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea: 6 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025