Equatorial Guinea - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Equatorial Guinea was 24,484 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,992 in 1990 and a minimum value of 24,484 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 26,992
1991 26,908
1992 26,824
1993 26,741
1994 26,657
1995 26,574
1996 26,490
1997 26,407
1998 26,323
1999 26,239
2000 26,156
2001 26,072
2002 25,989
2003 25,905
2004 25,822
2005 25,738
2006 25,654
2007 25,571
2008 25,487
2009 25,404
2010 25,320
2011 25,237
2012 25,153
2013 25,069
2014 24,986
2015 24,902
2016 24,819
2017 24,735
2018 24,651
2019 24,568
2020 24,484

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Equatorial Guinea was 87.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 96.23 in 1990, while its lowest value was 87.29 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 96.23
1991 95.93
1992 95.63
1993 95.33
1994 95.03
1995 94.74
1996 94.44
1997 94.14
1998 93.84
1999 93.54
2000 93.25
2001 92.95
2002 92.65
2003 92.35
2004 92.06
2005 91.76
2006 91.46
2007 91.16
2008 90.86
2009 90.57
2010 90.27
2011 89.97
2012 89.67
2013 89.37
2014 89.08
2015 88.78
2016 88.48
2017 88.18
2018 87.88
2019 87.59
2020 87.29

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use