Annual change forest area in Ecuador
Ecuador: Annual change forest area was -30,154 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
-30,154
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
200th
of 235 countries
All-time high
-30,154
in 2021
All-time low
-90,171
in 1991
Years of data
35
1991–2025
Annual change forest area in Ecuador, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change forest area in Ecuador stood at -30,154. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change forest area in Ecuador peaked at -30,154 in 2021 and was at its lowest, -90,171, in 1991.
That places Ecuador 200th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Annual change forest area in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -90,171 | — |
| 1992 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1993 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1994 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1995 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1996 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1997 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1998 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 1999 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | -90,171 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | -70,213 | -22.1% |
| 2002 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | -70,213 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | -41,834 | -40.4% |
| 2012 | -41,834 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | -41,834 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | -41,834 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | -41,834 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -71,622 | +71.2% |
| 2017 | -71,622 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | -71,622 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | -71,622 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | -71,622 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | -30,154 | -57.9% |
| 2022 | -30,154 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | -30,154 | -0.0% |
| 2024 | -30,154 | -0.0% |
| 2025 | -30,154 | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's -30,154 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -22, 1370.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -90,171 | -90,171 | -90,171 | 9 |
| 2000s | -72,209 | -90,171 | -70,213 | 10 |
| 2010s | -56,587 | -71,622 | -41,834 | 10 |
| 2020s | -37,065 | -71,622 | -30,154 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More environment data for Ecuador
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.177 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 13.04 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change forest area in Ecuador?
- Annual change forest area in Ecuador was -30,154 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change forest area recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was -30,154 in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change forest area recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was -90,171 in 1991.
- How does Ecuador rank for annual change forest area?
- Ecuador ranks 200th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change forest area rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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