Canada vs Equatorial Guinea: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods
Canada
-9,819 hectares
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
-8,360 hectares
in 2025
Canada rank
193rd
Equatorial Guinea rank
191st
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods over time
- Canada
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports -8,360 hectares against -9,819 hectares in Canada, a difference of 1,459 hectares.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Canada ranks 193rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 191st of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -47,225 hectares | -8,357 hectares | 38,868 hectares | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 456,623 hectares | -8,306 hectares | 464,929 hectares | Canada |
| 2010s | 377,468 hectares | -8,410 hectares | 385,878 hectares | Canada |
| 2020s | 20,945 hectares | -8,360 hectares | 29,305 hectares | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, Canada or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at -8,360 hectares against -9,819 hectares in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between Canada and Equatorial Guinea?
- 1,459 hectares, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Equatorial Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Canada ranks 193rd 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 Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.