Bissau
2 km around Bissau
Air quality now
AQI 84
27.0%
tree cover
9.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Africa · air quality report · 4 cities
Guinea-Bissau air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 4 cities Airleaf measures in Guinea-Bissau average AQI 84 (moderate). The worst air is in Bafatá, at AQI 91, and the cleanest in Gabú, at AQI 76.
None of the 4 measured cities is over AQI 100 today.
Average right now
AQI 84
Moderate
US EPA index, across 4 cities
- cities measured
- 4
- worst air: Bafatá
- 91
- cleanest air: Gabú
- 76
- average tree cover
- 36.2%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Guinea-Bissau · average AQI 84
Air quality right now in all 4 cities in Guinea-Bissau
Moderate
Gabú
2 km around Gabu
Air quality now
AQI 76
32.6%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
Bafatá
2 km around Bafatá
Air quality now
AQI 91
15.6%
tree cover
45.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Xitole
2 km around Xitole
Air quality now
AQI 84
69.5%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
Across the country
How clean is the air across Guinea-Bissau today?
None of the 4 measured cities is over AQI 100 today. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
4 measured cities
- Moderate4 (100%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does Guinea-Bissau compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Guinea-Bissau average cleaner air than 11% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 80%.
Cleaner air than…
- Guinea-Bissau
- Beats 11%
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Guinea-Bissau lost?
Since 2001, Guinea-Bissau has lost about 212,000 hectares of forest (about 2,100 km²): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (61%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 212,000 haabout 2,100 km²
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 130,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,850 ha | 437 ha | 2,280 ha |
| 2002 | 3,800 ha | 1,820 ha | 5,610 ha |
| 2003 | 488 ha | 424 ha | 912 ha |
| 2004 | 2,280 ha | 1,010 ha | 3,290 ha |
| 2005 | 2,340 ha | 1,330 ha | 3,680 ha |
| 2006 | 1,310 ha | 565 ha | 1,880 ha |
| 2007 | 4,410 ha | 1,360 ha | 5,760 ha |
| 2008 | 1,900 ha | 1,130 ha | 3,030 ha |
| 2009 | 5,450 ha | 2,090 ha | 7,540 ha |
| 2010 | 3,320 ha | 1,360 ha | 4,680 ha |
| 2011 | 2,830 ha | 1,310 ha | 4,150 ha |
| 2012 | 2,260 ha | 1,090 ha | 3,340 ha |
| 2013 | 13,000 ha | 6,670 ha | 19,600 ha |
| 2014 | 7,150 ha | 4,690 ha | 11,800 ha |
| 2015 | 7,180 ha | 4,510 ha | 11,700 ha |
| 2016 | 8,510 ha | 6,230 ha | 14,700 ha |
| 2017 | 9,190 ha | 5,970 ha | 15,200 ha |
| 2018 | 8,210 ha | 5,140 ha | 13,300 ha |
| 2019 | 8,730 ha | 6,120 ha | 14,800 ha |
| 2020 | 9,050 ha | 6,940 ha | 16,000 ha |
| 2021 | 6,850 ha | 6,110 ha | 13,000 ha |
| 2022 | 5,240 ha | 3,780 ha | 9,010 ha |
| 2023 | 5,790 ha | 4,820 ha | 10,600 ha |
| 2024 | 4,550 ha | 4,060 ha | 8,610 ha |
| 2025 | 4,110 ha | 3,440 ha | 7,540 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 9,750 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 14,800 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 19,600 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Guinea-Bissau?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good60% · 128,000 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back38% · 80,200 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, mining and energy, logging, wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
Guinea-Bissau as a whole
74.8% of Guinea-Bissau was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Guinea-Bissau: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Guinea-Bissau today?
Right now the 4 cities Airleaf measures in Guinea-Bissau average AQI 84 (moderate). The worst air is in Bafatá, at AQI 91, and the cleanest in Gabú, at AQI 76. None of the 4 measured cities is over AQI 100 today.
Which city in Guinea-Bissau has the worst air right now?
Bafatá, at AQI 91 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which city in Guinea-Bissau has the cleanest air right now?
Gabú, at AQI 76 (Moderate). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Guinea-Bissau has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Guinea-Bissau safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 4 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 84: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has Guinea-Bissau lost since 2001?
About 212,000 ha from 2001 to 2025, 21% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 130,000 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Guinea-Bissau?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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