Change forest vs gdp in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Change forest vs gdp was -0.3474 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Change forest vs gdp in Equatorial Guinea, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded -0.3474 for change forest vs gdp in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest vs gdp in Equatorial Guinea peaked at -0.3106 in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.3474, in 2025.
That places Equatorial Guinea 187th out of 227 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest vs gdp in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.3106 | — |
| 1992 | -0.3115 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | -0.3125 | +0.3% |
| 1994 | -0.3135 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | -0.3145 | +0.3% |
| 1996 | -0.3155 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | -0.3165 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | -0.3175 | +0.3% |
| 1999 | -0.3185 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | -0.3195 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | -0.3183 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | -0.3194 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | -0.3204 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | -0.3214 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | -0.3224 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | -0.3235 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | -0.3245 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | -0.3256 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | -0.3267 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | -0.3277 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | -0.3356 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | -0.3368 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | -0.3379 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | -0.3391 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | -0.3402 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | -0.3368 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | -0.338 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | -0.3391 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | -0.3403 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | -0.3414 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | -0.3426 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | -0.3438 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | -0.345 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | -0.3462 | +0.3% |
| 2025 | -0.3474 | +0.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's -0.3474 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3469, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3145 | -0.3185 | -0.3106 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.3222 | -0.3267 | -0.3183 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3372 | -0.3403 | -0.3277 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.3444 | -0.3474 | -0.3414 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.22 % 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 0.0027 hectares per person (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.21 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 0.1816 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest vs gdp in Equatorial Guinea?
- Change forest vs gdp in Equatorial Guinea was -0.3474 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest vs gdp recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3106 in 1991.
- What is the lowest change forest vs gdp recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.3474 in 2025.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for change forest vs gdp?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 187th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest vs gdp rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest vs gdp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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