Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas was 23.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 23.7% for proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 23.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Equatorial Guinea 62nd out of 168 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.7% | 23.7% | 23.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 23.7% | 23.7% | 23.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 23.7% | 23.7% | 2 |
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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)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4.92 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 0.04 kg/ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.09 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.18 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1.49 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 1.63 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.92 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Equatorial Guinea?
- Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Equatorial Guinea was 23.7% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 23.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 62nd out of 168 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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