Guyana vs Venezuela
Guyana vs Venezuela: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 87.1% in Guyana and 53.4% in Venezuela, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guyana, by 33.6 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Venezuela.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Guyana ranked 6 and Venezuela ranked 47 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Guyana | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 87.1 | 53.4 | – |
| 2023 | 87.1 | 53.5 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 87.2 | 53.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 87.2 | 53.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 87.2 | 53.7 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 93.6 | 53.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 93.6 | 53.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 93.7 | 54 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 93.7 | 54.2 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 93.8 | 54.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 93.8 | 54.4 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 93.9 | 54.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 94 | 54.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 94 | 54.7 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 94.1 | 54.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 94.1 | 55 | 32 |
| 2008 | 94.1 | 55 | 32 |
| 2007 | 94.2 | 55.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 94.2 | 55.2 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 94.2 | 55.3 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 94.2 | 55.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 94.2 | 55.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 94.3 | 55.6 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 94.3 | 55.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 94.3 | 55.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 94.3 | 56 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 94.3 | 56.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 94.4 | 56.2 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 94.4 | 56.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 94.4 | 56.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 94.4 | 56.7 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 94.4 | 56.8 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 94.5 | 57 | 33 |
| 1991 | 94.5 | 57.1 | – |
| 1990 | 94.5 | 57.2 | – |
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
Guyana vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyGuyana: 70.2 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuyana: 4.14% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuyana: 826,400 people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuyana: 0.55% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuyana: 26.5% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuyana: 25.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuyana: 6.5% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuyana: 0.99% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personGuyana: $297 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelGuyana: 3,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuyana: 5 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsGuyana: 2 million TIV in 1976Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009