Guyana vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre
Guyana
0.0252 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0024 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Guyana rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
2nd
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre over time
- Guyana
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 0.0252 million t per square kilometre against 0.0024 million t per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0228 million t per square kilometre.
That makes Guyana's figure about 10.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Guyana has been ahead every year.
Guyana ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 200 countries.
Guyana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0273 million t per square kilometre | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | 0.0242 million t per square kilometre | Guyana |
| 2000s | 0.0272 million t per square kilometre | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 0.0243 million t per square kilometre | Guyana |
| 2010s | 0.0271 million t per square kilometre | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | 0.0246 million t per square kilometre | Guyana |
| 2020s | 0.0252 million t per square kilometre | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 0.0228 million t per square kilometre | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre, Guyana or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Guyana, at 0.0252 million t per square kilometre against 0.0024 million t per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre between Guyana and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.0228 million t per square kilometre, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Guyana and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Guyana ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.