Guinea's forest cover fell from 29.0 % in 1994 to 24.7 % in 2023.
Guinea · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Guinea's forest area fell from 71,372 km in 1994 to 60,690 km in 2023.
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
% of land area
8th of 213 · 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Guinea's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) rose from 30.7 % in 2013 to 42.6 % in 2025.
Guinea's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 57.2 % in 1994 to 73.2 % in 2023.
Guinea's arable land (% of land area) rose from 11.2 % in 1994 to 24.4 % in 2023.
Air
Guinea's air pollution (pm2.5) fell from 30.1 in 1994 to 27.3 in 2023.
Water
Guinea's water stress rose from 0.3 % in 1993 to 0.4 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
38th of 181 · 6th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Guinea's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 31,705 in 1993 to 16,080 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Guinea.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data