Greenland vs Guinea: Share of land area that is protected

Greenland

41.9%

in 2025

Guinea

42.6%

in 2025

Greenland rank

10th

Guinea rank

8th

Share of land area that is protected over time

Greenland
Guinea

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 42.6% against 41.9% in Greenland, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Greenland ahead.

Greenland ranks 10th and Guinea ranks 8th of 213 countries.

Individual pages

Share of land area that is protected in Greenland
Share of land area that is protected in Guinea
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of land area that is protected
Unit: % of total land area
Source: Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 2,746 data points, 2013–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Terrestrial protected areas are areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities in order to preserve their ecosystem services and cultural values.