Guyana vs Suriname

Guyana vs Suriname: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 87.1% in Guyana and 91.5% in Suriname, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Suriname, by 4.5 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Guyana.

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% of land · FAO

Guyana vs Suriname: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 87.1% in Guyana and 91.5% in Suriname, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Suriname, by 4.5 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Guyana.
GuyanaSurinameWorld

What the numbers say

  • Suriname has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Guyana.
  • In 2024, Guyana ranked 6 and Suriname ranked 2 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearGuyanaSurinameWorld
202487.191.5–
202387.191.731.1
202287.291.831.1
202187.291.931.2
202087.29231.2
201993.692.131.2
201893.692.231.3
201793.792.331.3
201693.792.431.3
201593.892.531.4
201493.892.531.4
201393.992.531.4
20129492.531.5
20119492.631.9
201094.192.632
200994.192.632
200894.192.632
200794.292.732.1
200694.292.732.1
200594.292.732.1
200494.292.732.2
200394.292.832.3
200294.392.832.3
200194.392.832.3
200094.392.832.4
199994.392.832.5
199894.392.832.5
199794.492.832.6
199694.492.832.7
199594.492.732.7
199494.492.732.8
199394.492.732.8
199294.592.733
199194.592.6–
199094.592.6–

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.

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