Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land was 40.03 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 40.03 % for permanent crops — share in agricultural land in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 84.32 % in 1983 and was at its lowest, 39.56 %, in 2023.
That places Equatorial Guinea 33rd out of 238 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68.1 % | — |
| 1962 | 69.04 % | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 69.52 % | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 70.5 % | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 71 % | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 72.02 % | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 72.54 % | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 73.61 % | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 74.16 % | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 75.27 % | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 75.84 % | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 73.93 % | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 74.51 % | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 75.68 % | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 76.28 % | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 77.51 % | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 78.14 % | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 79.44 % | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 80.1 % | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 81.46 % | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 82.16 % | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 83.59 % | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 84.32 % | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 83.45 % | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 83.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 83.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 83.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 83.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 83.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 81.85 % | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 81.85 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 81.07 % | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 80.7 % | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 80.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 80.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 79.92 % | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 79.16 % | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 77.78 % | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 77.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 75.78 % | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 71.5 % | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 52.38 % | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 56.49 % | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 60.1 % | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 59.81 % | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 51.49 % | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 56.21 % | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 51.46 % | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 43.15 % | -16.1% |
| 2010 | 43.49 % | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 41.83 % | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 40.91 % | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 40.89 % | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 41.94 % | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 42.24 % | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 42.04 % | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 42.1 % | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 42.11 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 42.67 % | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 42.63 % | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 40.21 % | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 42.54 % | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 39.56 % | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 40.03 % | +1.2% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 40.03 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.25 %, 4.3× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 40.03 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.71 %, 10.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -26.7% | 71.5 % | 52.38 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.17 % | 68.1 % | 74.16 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 76.67 % | 73.93 % | 80.1 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.22 % | 81.46 % | 84.32 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.15 % | 77.78 % | 81.85 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.84 % | 43.15 % | 75.78 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.02 % | 40.89 % | 43.49 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.99 % | 39.56 % | 42.63 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
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 permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea?
- Permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Equatorial Guinea was 40.03 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 84.32 % in 1983.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.56 % in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for permanent crops — share in agricultural land?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 33rd out of 238 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land. 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.