Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.505% in Ecuador in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Ecuador reached an all time high of 0.560% in 1998 and an all time low of 0.505% in 2015. When compared to Ecuador's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Brazil amounted to 0.590%, 0.527% in Colombia, 0.621% in Panama and 0.578% in Peru in 2015.
Ecuador has been ranked 36th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Bolivia | % | 0.524% | 0.519% | 0.516% | 0.514% | 0.511% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Brazil | % | 0.598% | 0.596% | 0.595% | 0.594% | 0.593% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Chile | % | 0.218% | 0.218% | 0.222% | 0.226% | 0.230% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Colombia | % | 0.531% | 0.528% | 0.528% | 0.528% | 0.528% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | % | 0.506% | 0.510% | 0.516% | 0.522% | 0.528% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ecuador | % | 0.524% | 0.521% | 0.518% | 0.515% | 0.512% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Honduras | % | 0.475% | 0.464% | 0.453% | 0.443% | 0.432% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Nicaragua | % | 0.265% | 0.259% | 0.259% | 0.259% | 0.259% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Panama | % | 0.634% | 0.632% | 0.630% | 0.628% | 0.625% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Peru | % | 0.586% | 0.584% | 0.583% | 0.582% | 0.581% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Venezuela | % | 0.539% | 0.539% | 0.537% | 0.535% | 0.533% | ... |