Forest area in Guatemala

Forest area in Guatemala: 45.3% in 1990 and 33.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 33.1%
Since 1990: −12.2 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 104 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

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