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Ecuador — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Ecuador, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
49.55%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -6.3% since 1990
Forest area for Ecuador was 49.55% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 56.01% in 1998. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.20% per year.
Ecuador ranks 55 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Ecuador sits above it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
49.55%
First (1990)
52.85%
Change
-6.3%
Highest
56.01%
in 1998
Lowest
49.55%
in 2023
Average
52.39%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.20%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.55% |
| 2022 | 49.8% |
| 2021 | 50.06% |
| 2020 | 50.32% |
| 2019 | 50.58% |
| 2018 | 50.84% |
| 2017 | 51.1% |
| 2016 | 51.36% |
| 2015 | 51.62% |
| 2014 | 51.78% |
| 2013 | 51.95% |
| 2012 | 52.12% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.