Guyana - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Guyana was 184,153 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 186,022 in 1990 and a minimum value of 184,153 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 186,022
1991 185,984
1992 185,946
1993 185,908
1994 185,870
1995 185,832
1996 185,794
1997 185,756
1998 185,718
1999 185,680
2000 185,642
2001 185,598
2002 185,553
2003 185,509
2004 185,465
2005 185,420
2006 185,376
2007 185,331
2008 185,287
2009 185,243
2010 185,198
2011 185,081
2012 184,964
2013 184,847
2014 184,731
2015 184,614
2016 184,522
2017 184,430
2018 184,338
2019 184,245
2020 184,153

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Guyana was 93.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 94.50 in 1990, while its lowest value was 93.55 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 94.50
1991 94.48
1992 94.46
1993 94.44
1994 94.42
1995 94.40
1996 94.38
1997 94.36
1998 94.34
1999 94.33
2000 94.31
2001 94.28
2002 94.26
2003 94.24
2004 94.22
2005 94.19
2006 94.17
2007 94.15
2008 94.13
2009 94.10
2010 94.08
2011 94.02
2012 93.96
2013 93.90
2014 93.84
2015 93.78
2016 93.74
2017 93.69
2018 93.64
2019 93.60
2020 93.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use