Forest land — Area in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Forest land — Area was 2,407 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Equatorial Guinea is 2,407 1000 ha, measured 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, forest land — area in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 2,699 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,407 1000 ha, in 2025.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 114th of 249 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.
Forest land — Area in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,699 1000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,691 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 2,682 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,674 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,666 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 2,657 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,649 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,641 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,632 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,624 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,616 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,607 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,599 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,591 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,582 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,574 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,566 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,557 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,549 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,541 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,533 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,524 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,516 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,507 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,499 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,490 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,482 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,474 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,465 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,457 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,448 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,440 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,432 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,423 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,415 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 2,407 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 2,407 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,330 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 2,407 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,914 1000 ha, 61% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,662 1000 ha | 2,624 1000 ha | 2,699 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,578 1000 ha | 2,541 1000 ha | 2,616 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,495 1000 ha | 2,457 1000 ha | 2,533 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,428 1000 ha | 2,407 1000 ha | 2,448 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 111 Solomon Islands 2,514 1000 ha compare
- 112 Estonia 2,447 1000 ha compare
- 113 Sierra Leone 2,436 1000 ha compare
- 115 Uganda 2,368 1000 ha compare
- 116 Turkmenistan 2,330 1000 ha compare
- 117 Dominican Republic 2,257 1000 ha 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 forest land — area in Equatorial Guinea?
- Forest land — area in Equatorial Guinea was 2,407 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,699 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,407 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for forest land — area?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 114th out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — 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, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.