Environment
Equatorial Guinea
Climate
tropical; consistently warm and moist
Land use
other
9.9% (2023 est.)
forest
86.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
3.7% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 1.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 1.7% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 0.2% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
74.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
3.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Methane emissions
other
2.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)
waste
10 kt (2019-2021 est.)
energy
129.8 kt (2022-2024 est.)
agriculture
0.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling
municipal solid waste generated annually
198,400 tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled
23.9% (2022 est.)
Environmental issues
deforestation (due to agricultural growth, wildfires, and livestock grazing); desertification; pollution of water sources; drinking water unsafe; conservation of wildlife
Total water withdrawal
municipal
15.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial
3 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural
1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
total emissions
5.471 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas
4.575 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke
1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids
896,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
26.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
26 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International environmental agreements
party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban