Forest area in Ecuador

Forests covered 49.7% of the land area of Ecuador in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2024 49.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 49.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Ecuador (2024).
Position in 2024 60th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Ecuador over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period EcuadorWorld
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 51.0% 31.3%
2016 51.3% 31.3%
2015 51.6% 31.4%
2014 51.8% 31.4%
2013 52.0% 31.4%
2012 52.1% 31.5%
2011 52.3% 31.9%
2010 52.5% 31.9%
2009 52.7% 32.0%
2008 53.0% 32.0%
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 55.0% 32.3%
2000 55.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 49.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 51.8%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Ecuador has the 60th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Ecuador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)