What is the difference in land area in hectares between Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?

6,000 hectares, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Land area in hectares. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Solomon Islands: Land area in hectares

Equatorial Guinea

2.81 million hectares

in 2023

Solomon Islands

2.80 million hectares

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

142nd

Solomon Islands rank

143rd

Land area in hectares over time

Equatorial Guinea
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 2.81 million hectares against 2.80 million hectares in Solomon Islands, a difference of 6,000 hectares.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 142nd and Solomon Islands ranks 143rd of 233 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	2.81 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	6,000 hectares	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land area in hectares, Equatorial Guinea or Solomon Islands?: Equatorial Guinea, at 2.81 million hectares against 2.80 million hectares in Solomon Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in land area in hectares between Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 6,000 hectares, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands rank globally for land area in hectares?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 142nd and Solomon Islands ranks 143rd of 233 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Land area in hectares. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area in hectares
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.