Ecuador vs Guinea-Bissau: Share of land area that is protected

Ecuador
23.8%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau
26.2%
in 2025
Ecuador rank
59th
Guinea-Bissau rank
57th

Share of land area that is protected over time

  • Ecuador
  • Guinea-Bissau
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 26.2% against 23.8% in Ecuador, a difference of 2.4%.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 59th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 57th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of land area that is protected
Unit
% of total land area
Source
Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 2,746 data points, 2013–2025
Last refreshed

Terrestrial protected areas are areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities in order to preserve their ecosystem services and cultural values.