Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 86.1% in Equatorial Guinea and 91.4% in Gabon, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gabon, by 5.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Equatorial Guinea.

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% of land · FAO

Equatorial GuineaGabonWorld

What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Equatorial Guinea.
In 2024, Equatorial Guinea ranked 7 and Gabon ranked 3 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Equatorial Guinea	Gabon	World
2024	86.1	91.4	–
2023	86.4	91.5	31.1
2022	86.7	91.5	31.1
2021	87	91.5	31.2
2020	87.3	91.6	31.2
2019	87.6	91.6	31.2
2018	87.9	91.6	31.3
2017	88.2	91.6	31.3
2016	88.5	91.7	31.3
2015	88.8	91.7	31.4
2014	89.1	91.7	31.4
2013	89.4	91.8	31.4
2012	89.7	91.8	31.5
2011	90	91.9	31.9
2010	90.3	91.9	32
2009	90.6	91.9	32
2008	90.9	91.9	32
2007	91.2	91.9	32.1
2006	91.5	91.9	32.1
2005	91.8	92	32.1
2004	92.1	92	32.2
2003	92.4	92	32.3
2002	92.7	92	32.3
2001	93	92	32.3
2000	93.3	92	32.4
1999	93.6	92	32.5
1998	93.8	92	32.5
1997	94.1	92.1	32.6
1996	94.4	92.1	32.7
1995	94.7	92.1	32.7
1994	95	92.2	32.8
1993	95.3	92.2	32.8
1992	95.6	92.2	33
1991	95.9	92.2	–
1990	96.2	92.3	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: Forest area

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