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Equatorial Guinea — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
86.39%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -10.2% since 1990
Forest area for Equatorial Guinea was 86.39% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 96.23% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.33% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 7 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Equatorial Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
86.39%
First (1990)
96.23%
Change
-10.2%
Highest
96.23%
in 1990
Lowest
86.39%
in 2023
Average
91.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.33%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 86.39% |
| 2022 | 86.69% |
| 2021 | 86.99% |
| 2020 | 87.29% |
| 2019 | 87.59% |
| 2018 | 87.88% |
| 2017 | 88.18% |
| 2016 | 88.48% |
| 2015 | 88.78% |
| 2014 | 89.08% |
| 2013 | 89.37% |
| 2012 | 89.67% |
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.