Share of land covered by forest in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of land covered by forest was 85.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of land covered by forest in Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 85.8% for share of land covered by forest in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land covered by forest in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 96.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 85.8%, in 2025.
That places Equatorial Guinea 8th out of 216 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Share of land covered by forest in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 96.2% | — |
| 1991 | 95.9% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 95.6% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 95.3% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 95.0% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 94.7% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 94.4% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 94.1% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 93.8% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 93.5% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 93.2% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 93.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 92.7% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 92.4% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 92.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 91.8% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 91.5% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 91.2% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 90.9% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 90.6% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 90.3% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 90.0% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 89.7% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 89.4% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 89.1% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 88.8% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 88.5% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 88.2% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.6% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 87.3% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 86.7% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 86.4% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 86.1% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 85.8% | -0.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 85.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 35.5%, 2.4× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 85.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22.0%, 3.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.9% | 93.5% | 96.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.9% | 90.6% | 93.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.9% | 87.6% | 90.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.5% | 85.8% | 87.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 5 Palau 91.0% compare
- 6 Solomon Islands 89.8% compare
- 7 Guyana 87.0% compare
- 9 American Samoa 79.2% compare
- 10 Dominica 76.5% compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 75.1% compare
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.21 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land covered by forest in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of land covered by forest in Equatorial Guinea was 85.8% in 2025, according to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of land covered by forest recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of land covered by forest recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.8% in 2025.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of land covered by forest?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 8th out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of land covered by forest rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land covered by forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of land area covered by forest, including both natural forests and forest plantations.