Primary Forest — Area in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Primary Forest — Area was 1,945 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Primary Forest — 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 primary forest — area in Equatorial Guinea is 1,945 1000 ha, 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 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 2,521 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,945 1000 ha, in 2025.
That places Equatorial Guinea 28th out of 169 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 | 2,424 1000 ha | 2,328 1000 ha | 2,521 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,210 1000 ha | 2,114 1000 ha | 2,306 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,023 1000 ha | 1,978 1000 ha | 2,092 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,959 1000 ha | 1,945 1000 ha | 1,973 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 1.63 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1.49 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.18 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.09 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4.92 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 40.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 38.67 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 54.87 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 53 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.05 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary forest — area in Equatorial Guinea?
- Primary forest — area in Equatorial Guinea was 1,945 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,521 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,945 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for primary forest — area?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th out of 169 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. 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 Primary Forest — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.