Equatorial Guinea's forest cover fell from 95.0 % in 1994 to 86.4 % in 2023.
Equatorial Guinea · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Equatorial Guinea's forest area fell from 26,657 km in 1994 to 24,233 km in 2023.
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
% of land area
94th of 213 · 22nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Equatorial Guinea's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) fell from 23.3 % in 2013 to 19.0 % in 2025.
Equatorial Guinea's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 3.7 % in 1994 to 3.7 % in 2023.
Equatorial Guinea's arable land (% of land area) rose from 0.6 % in 1994 to 1.9 % in 2023.
Air
Equatorial Guinea's air pollution (pm2.5) rose from 40.7 in 1994 to 42.2 in 2023.
Water
Equatorial Guinea's water stress rose from 0.1 % in 1993 to 0.1 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
40th of 181 · 7th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Equatorial Guinea's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 49,054 in 1993 to 14,416 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Equatorial Guinea.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data