Forest area in Ecuador

Forest area in Ecuador: 52.9% in 1990 and 49.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 49.7%
Since 1990: −3.2 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 60 of 209; counting from the highest

Watch it change on the map

% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 56% in 1998, the lowest 49.7% in 2024.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Ecuador	World
2024	49.7	–
2023	49.8	31.1
2022	49.9	31.1
2021	50.1	31.2
2020	50.2	31.2
2019	50.5	31.2
2018	50.8	31.3
2017	51	31.3
2016	51.3	31.3
2015	51.6	31.4
2014	51.8	31.4
2013	52	31.4
2012	52.1	31.5
2011	52.3	31.9
2010	52.5	32
2009	52.7	32
2008	53	32
2007	53.3	32.1
2006	53.6	32.1
2005	53.9	32.1
2004	54.2	32.2
2003	54.4	32.3
2002	54.7	32.3
2001	55	32.3
2000	55.3	32.4
1999	55.7	32.5
1998	56	32.5
1997	50.6	32.6
1996	50.9	32.7
1995	51.2	32.7
1994	51.6	32.8
1993	51.9	32.8
1992	52.2	33
1991	52.5	–
1990	52.9	–

Good to know

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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