Bhutan vs Equatorial Guinea: Annual change in forest area

Bhutan
-8,484 hectares
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
-8,360 hectares
in 2025
Bhutan rank
192nd
Equatorial Guinea rank
191st

Annual change in forest area over time

  • Bhutan
  • Equatorial Guinea
-10.0k-5.0k05.0k10.0k199120082025

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports -8,360 hectares against -8,484 hectares in Bhutan, a difference of 124 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 192nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 191st of 235 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 9,928 hectares -8,357 hectares 18,285 hectares Bhutan
2000s 9,929 hectares -8,306 hectares 18,235 hectares Bhutan
2010s 2,140 hectares -8,410 hectares 10,550 hectares Bhutan
2020s -7,004 hectares -8,360 hectares 1,356 hectares Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual change in forest area, Bhutan or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at -8,360 hectares against -8,484 hectares in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in annual change in forest area between Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea?
124 hectares, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for annual change in forest area?
Bhutan ranks 192nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 191st of 235 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in forest area
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.