Forest area in Ecuador
Ecuador: Forest area was 12.31 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Ecuador, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Ecuador is 12.31 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Ecuador peaked at 14.63 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12.31 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Ecuador 47th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.23 million hectares | 13.82 million hectares | 14.63 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.41 million hectares | 13.10 million hectares | 13.73 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.81 million hectares | 12.53 million hectares | 13.03 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.39 million hectares | 12.31 million hectares | 12.46 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Ecuador
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 74.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.1 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0751 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 8.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0117 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 21.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0082 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0966 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Ecuador?
- Forest area in Ecuador was 12.31 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 14.63 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.31 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for forest area?
- Ecuador ranks 47th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.