Forest area in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Forest area was 2.41 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea is 2.41 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 2.70 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2.41 million hectares, in 2025.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 101st of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.66 million hectares | 2.62 million hectares | 2.70 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 million hectares | 2.54 million hectares | 2.62 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.49 million hectares | 2.46 million hectares | 2.53 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.43 million hectares | 2.41 million hectares | 2.45 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 98 Solomon Islands 2.51 million hectares compare
- 99 Estonia 2.45 million hectares compare
- 100 Sierra Leone 2.44 million hectares compare
- 102 Uganda 2.37 million hectares compare
- 103 Turkmenistan 2.33 million hectares compare
- 104 Dominican Republic 2.26 million hectares compare
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0154 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0335 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.349 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Equatorial Guinea?
- Forest area in Equatorial Guinea was 2.41 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.70 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.41 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for forest area?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 101st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area 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 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.