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Global forest loss by region

This data is derived from research led by Matthew Hansen of the University of Maryland. The data is presented on Global Forest Watch.

The methodology underlying these numbers was published in Matt Hansen et al. High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change. SCIENCE VOL 342 15 NOVEMBER 2013. Mongabay covered this work at Powered by Google, high resolution forest map reveals massive deforestation worldwide



SORT: Country name | Region | Forest area | Forest gain | Forest loss | Percent forest loss



By region


forest cover, defined using various tree cover (TC) thresholdsforest gain forest loss 2001-2012total loss
land10% TC25% TC50% TC75% TC2001-201210%25%50%75%10%
Namehaha% land areaha% land areaha% land areaha% land areahahahahaha%
Anguilla7831288936.9%235030.0%137217.5%5056.4%2948442481.6%
Antigua and Barbuda419302124150.7%1981547.3%1727841.2%1399433.4%2474294264083552.0%
Aruba178092171.2%410.2%160.1%120.1%122211.1%
Bahamas117687835761530.4%31408526.7%25697821.8%19947116.9%79092399136848875122.5%
Barbados43230606814.0%544212.6%462210.7%35968.3%1922752652301864.5%
Bermuda539471113.2%63711.8%4358.1%2604.8%3944430.6%
British Virgin Islands15303847355.4%772750.5%685244.8%584638.2%13595957510.7%
Cayman Islands260991472756.4%1367752.4%1238747.5%998938.3%442802712291531.9%
Cuba10915383440030040.3%411456637.7%361632333.1%287747826.4%2271421658511634701508671213513.8%
Curacao42761753517.6%584513.7%19404.5%5021.2%28393516110.5%
Dominica749697185795.8%7108294.8%7012193.5%6699389.4%137057047006861.0%
Dominican Republic4779190286354059.9%264273155.3%223632146.8%177441937.1%393011876071857701737511461796.2%
Grenada353272959083.8%2880981.5%2768778.4%2456969.5%7313431341133312824.4%
Guadeloupe16342010094661.8%9609658.8%9015055.2%8175450.0%121618471816171214101.8%
Haiti2687639107269139.9%90660933.7%65716924.5%43336416.1%4812272442663422416148242.5%
Jamaica109628480851573.8%77775970.9%72984366.6%65454959.7%6803324273224431334285173.9%
Martinique1106197905771.5%7547468.2%7099164.2%6286856.8%54321822164210218882.7%
Montserrat9987488848.9%465846.6%429643.0%352835.3%81971961911803.9%
Puerto Rico89072956121163.0%53167659.7%49193955.2%43806949.2%6400133351311312383104852.3%
Saint Kitts and Nevis261431437155.0%1355151.8%1236747.3%1073841.1%1022812762602341.9%
Saint Lucia603745250987.0%5113484.7%4923681.6%4512374.7%356396376295971.2%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines387603095179.9%2941175.9%2783071.8%2333360.2%192982952882621.0%
Trinidad and Tobago51312640147078.2%39427976.8%38315274.7%36635271.4%1606152151516414941140353.7%
Turks and Caicos Islands874951527517.5%1172213.4%86549.9%58676.7%153963692601122.5%
Caribbean228666801092664747.8%1011917644.3%877795938.4%710317931.1%2894714599424544354226253503224.1%
Belize2161988177715582.2%175468681.2%171094879.1%164340276.0%128201202181200691190371155256.4%
Costa Rica5092587410504680.6%395983977.8%368459372.4%311832661.2%381841634261624781556801356443.9%
El Salvador2021063112721255.8%102494450.7%80184839.7%47096523.3%8599550055426048667280464.7%
Guatemala10796610827359876.6%782319472.5%695231064.4%575707053.3%1093868813998777608454687357279.7%
Honduras11154399843980275.7%788312070.7%669614560.0%526642847.2%582414803714776194537773978215.4%
Nicaragua11860287838933270.7%792003966.8%706735359.6%582893649.1%661898162078116367885947236438.9%
Panama7419325594142480.1%576304677.7%545415373.5%496874267.0%323302653242639862570422308114.3%
Central America505062593805356975.3%3612886871.5%3236735064.1%2705386953.6%32574927819502767808266826523672176.9%
China92673045318901604720.4%17016585518.4%13136645114.2%618900516.7%223874259711505888043549258437468563.1%
Hong Kong1075686878563.9%6394159.4%5225348.6%2801326.0%2662352292011190.3%
Japan368499712727792274.0%2655976372.1%2559819969.5%2338625963.5%2570394250664232804176173923601.5%
Macau245449020.0%41817.0%33113.5%1044.2%314131352.8%
Mongolia15526910761509144.0%44663272.9%18632601.2%3080330.2%10254433806392194240754922056.6%
North Korea12144029587070948.3%537452544.3%409371033.7%9164287.5%13681155510150923124729410512.6%
South Korea9875406577779358.5%549668855.7%451904045.8%166939916.9%27132129321123348101815457952.2%
Taiwan3579767242672567.8%236240366.0%224662262.8%200983856.1%6114262782609325407226941.1%
East Asia114455875523658938520.7%21448992018.7%16973986614.8%902081257.9%255323171413807004123640312043410853.0%
Angola1245806059595119477.0%6335646050.9%3193547425.6%37882583.0%63757191956714896678340361761562.0%
Botswana5776521024126694.2%542160.1%12790.0%220.0%8950829524830.2%
Comoros16448015840096.3%14090885.7%10594964.4%6901442.0%4316966906263740.4%
Djibouti2151435130.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%000000.0%
Eritrea1197194214950.0%110.0%20.0%10.0%6172211.1%
Ethiopia1123533883112616627.7%1548024013.8%54264914.8%20399081.8%62520280207244594149928671400.9%
Kenya570414281098520519.3%39722337.0%18907283.3%9635991.7%1004732903972327351740701128732.6%
Lesotho30416691134713.7%114990.4%5320.0%250.0%206144581110.1%
Madagascar588631043318942256.4%1865538431.7%1224102120.8%586372510.0%4051351461189132776310787965888324.3%
Malawi9411003709255675.4%221608723.5%3130763.3%163330.2%10284128005891413516342971.8%
Mauritius18551114870580.2%8346445.0%5086227.4%2924215.8%301024862324187310961.7%
Mayotte378943536293.3%3397289.7%3055380.6%1885349.8%373433393262221.0%
Mozambique774861247088170791.5%3714079647.9%1049276813.5%3413850.4%14462021529001847435829372475703.0%
Namibia8230940815850741.9%127600.0%5750.0%530.0%44105972415348440.7%
Seychelles171711262173.5%703641.0%288016.8%3021.8%021100.0%
Somalia6325928538860776.1%1347770.2%156350.0%10830.0%280702831889681180.2%
South Africa1216872062222435318.3%71246355.9%31644132.6%10825860.9%8312829472178848797775214410644.2%
Swaziland1725489145391884.3%59448334.5%19826411.5%597093.5%60321746416992361559411915.1%
Tanzania885309346532425073.8%3408596438.5%970276711.0%12320141.4%304096197441214792656912721172552.9%
Uganda205322341835941889.4%997837148.6%327191915.9%8489104.1%685433653503499892796991679432.0%
Zambia736117636114483583.1%3161556942.9%919677812.5%429260.1%181291305906970345414108223212.1%
Zimbabwe386934411837410547.5%24105896.2%2931040.8%799360.2%4856337339815850956682213812.0%
Eastern and Southern Africa100542072444446101644.2%22710945422.6%883350708.8%164778841.6%2121826112995849154214538640918098822.5%
Albania282002383961329.8%70725725.1%53531619.0%36417312.9%7371298892916426655211853.5%
Andorra451862072245.9%1934542.8%1689037.4%1331129.5%19555450350.3%
Austria8318092451467454.3%438816552.8%411383649.5%339334340.8%658442007942004211982091852584.3%
Belarus20480773965381247.1%925676445.2%837327640.9%579132228.3%3754624151454140434051723504464.3%
Belgium305141197102531.8%89054929.2%77667025.5%57558018.9%37347595935936158295524286.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina5085147289952957.0%273028153.7%247703848.7%205455440.4%26529179761727215791120160.6%
Bulgaria11129623447751440.2%426338538.3%387234134.8%320704328.8%67810765997612774141670131.7%
Croatia5666519269145847.5%251780544.4%222876939.3%188915433.3%26472418614008936585325771.5%
Czech Republic7807139323252941.4%311372939.9%286927036.8%222635428.5%1331261635881631451606351409545.0%
Denmark426211676228717.9%68912316.2%56105213.2%3104797.3%32177528155254151200443966.7%
Estonia4330606278002864.2%267053161.7%246534256.9%195687045.2%894472176312174242162792036327.5%
Finland305320882279676274.7%2193916671.9%1830388759.9%1042639534.1%108493319484581944233191797317496218.2%
France546252311835486133.6%1725476131.6%1527051228.0%1156840421.2%5061827534507455747126005976724.1%
Germany353584431345040238.0%1273533036.0%1171345033.1%919595626.0%2585324847274829344750724294213.5%
Gibraltar66513720.6%11918.0%9914.9%639.5%000000.3%
Greece13113438476349136.3%397934130.3%295749122.6%211321216.1%35575144327137781119716885693.0%
Guernsey8429212225.2%165619.6%115813.7%4655.5%1944320.2%
Hungary9169711222003424.2%206267122.5%179683819.6%142633815.6%134957109848109408107553991945.0%
Ireland6896968110599216.0%87494712.7%6390979.3%2899424.2%123805760737518471354591977.2%
Isle of Man573851636428.5%1375624.0%1027217.9%47998.4%2892412382211541.5%
Italy298353671044882835.0%970230732.5%838244328.1%648047321.7%897701519941490081385391141561.4%
Jersey12238209517.1%166513.6%123810.1%6345.2%27262624231.2%
Kosovo109050041888738.4%38411835.2%33472130.7%23883121.9%563987458657837176382.1%
Latvia6366620372593858.5%359532556.5%332114852.2%261256741.0%18567741143041094140772938245310.4%
Liechtenstein16158995961.6%927357.4%819350.7%621138.4%31605957530.6%
Lithuania6396000244725538.3%236643037.0%217748134.0%164718625.8%1225911840571835341815391655157.3%
Luxembourg25591110512241.1%10158139.7%9564237.4%8078231.6%270043824368431039114.1%
Macedonia243421891113737.4%81940033.7%69596028.6%53591722.0%10430288462851227437243553.1%
Malta319101810.6%1330.4%900.3%500.2%1613121077.2%
Moldova335389643998213.1%37559911.2%3131269.3%2098536.3%628938543703330625840.9%
Monaco21921.0%00.2%00.0%00.0%000000.0%
Montenegro130847569186552.9%64019548.9%55031442.1%41944032.1%701073697192662650651.1%
Netherlands345242075476521.9%62659718.1%47627213.8%2866378.3%7059161911603015235120762.1%
Norway306683371272818441.5%1190318538.8%975786331.8%622968420.3%1729143509643502623465823251952.7%
Poland308332401118760936.3%1065245834.5%955114031.0%648565921.0%5040825783605750255586844773065.1%
Portugal8910225300607233.7%246259227.6%158997917.8%91469010.3%28657747301845278237434524971014.8%
Romania23569104848795536.0%808627534.3%737744731.3%628357626.7%1529872292762287022261752158482.7%
Russia162731087488339714954.3%78584215748.3%60118675136.9%33046075420.3%16229203342225643211077225831839169972323.8%
San Marino6121109918.0%92515.1%5939.7%2644.3%2133200.2%
Serbia7739834301902739.0%283227436.6%249847132.3%191323324.7%35606263352620525774245010.9%
Slovakia4883755249073951.0%242294649.6%229842847.1%201698241.3%522601233001230891220151152764.8%
Slovenia1993345134186467.3%130823665.6%124705462.6%111664056.0%3498160071593215593140101.2%
Spain504025481432667528.4%1174728923.3%810011816.1%524683010.4%4481886501606232525250023552464.5%
Sweden413118612941188371.2%2823447168.3%2398506058.1%1539959637.3%152807025498582543784251357723345838.4%
Switzerland3995921165524441.4%157386139.4%144832936.2%113634528.4%10372224792240122058201281.3%
Ukraine587242071313875822.4%1162957119.8%967860016.5%684738611.7%3529295571335506275272634372434.2%
United Kingdom24202281449508918.6%383719715.9%295792112.2%15184796.3%2111142634342604602437941959985.8%
United States91643107931494323834.4%28701573231.3%24454956026.7%19827861621.6%13808181257792712546703323671431206408447.9%
Vatican City53916.9%611.0%36.3%23.1%000000.0%
Europe3108295710141913996645.7%127828047941.1%102156654932.9%65317507421.0%37239137714522036892736860444821472547264.9%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba28486319311.2%25939.1%17506.1%12644.4%67484745411.5%
French Southern Territories2929131.1%7726.3%6121.0%2910.0%087767.8%
Reunion24765320326682.1%18035072.8%13149153.1%7419330.0%306731133076275412311.5%
Saint-Barthelemy203878938.7%66032.4%48523.8%30815.1%111100.1%
Saint-Martin4880204141.8%189238.8%167634.3%138428.4%35404037332.0%
Sint Maarten3356115234.3%106231.6%92427.5%72321.6%6272520122.3%
United States Minor Outlying Islands47616434.4%15031.4%12225.6%9920.8%1104103988938.9%
US Virgin Islands349672039758.3%1936255.4%1785551.1%1582245.2%4035605585454912.7%
Islands32214823109371.7%20614664.0%15436447.9%9382229.1%358039013857350719031.7%
Canada84515360346956985055.6%43101787951.0%32418971738.4%21672624625.6%9107139261994932570825521230224166006755.4%
Mexico1943719226372192432.8%5523075128.4%4213040821.7%2949875615.2%63333422320022194331199298515887413.4%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon21511607328.2%558326.0%415119.3%11465.3%000000.0%
North America103954703653329784751.3%48625421346.8%36632427635.2%24622614823.7%9740473284314952790258623223209181894165.2%
Algeria23078251116905500.7%13168600.6%8956320.4%4967010.2%32531697736760354051329074.0%
Egypt977943229521081.0%3872160.4%146440.0%6240.0%4988231414856981310.2%
Libya161594205243330.0%73230.0%18050.0%2510.0%41528317462141.2%
Mauritania104080336600.0%350.0%150.0%00.0%0463515043.8%
Morocco4131146711132742.7%7230891.8%4361251.1%2110090.5%19558273402563619160106502.4%
South Sudan629989864272423367.8%1694090526.9%41051006.5%1773040.3%38231616201067644388283270.4%
Sudan18706699942986642.3%2483170.1%11970.0%00.0%9583513627400.1%
Tunisia154586632865761.9%2353631.5%1785481.2%1073700.7%1150292898992784057933.3%
Northern Africa901087489510897985.7%198591082.2%56330660.6%9932590.1%72826276500212051125782578220.5%
Australia767648149659550718.6%466661036.1%257373893.4%177890082.3%141423835370643056810132498310915105.2%
Fiji1823522167784592.0%160305787.9%141963377.9%123394467.7%11895194121936819134174381.2%
Micronesia8884646672.8%633971.4%602367.8%562163.3%362807978741.3%
New Caledonia1870074159796985.4%148177179.2%105149356.2%72536338.8%57141228511868943256960.8%
New Zealand263471071160934344.1%1138655543.2%1082128041.1%938380835.6%7101886863416859766837506711285.9%
Palau456214208892.3%4142390.8%4004887.8%3734681.9%2565335335284971.3%
Papua New Guinea459534154371077595.1%4316013493.9%4199544591.4%3966598986.3%2308146315606307346272486075521.4%
Solomon Islands2791601274499398.3%273880298.1%272663997.7%268249696.1%20256627556273562673621452.3%
Vanuatu1206586118755298.4%118386298.1%116273596.4%109970691.1%137441014089404238310.3%
Oceania84769495912853210215.2%10826804612.8%8496068510.0%726232818.6%239509749541314472192273186824598713.8%
Argentina2753857194338041215.8%4014429114.6%231176548.4%105949983.8%64302343047294191819273444712966359.2%
Bolivia1074501056648539761.9%6500409660.5%5748990553.5%4783870144.5%17364029533192940295280629623768264.3%
Brazil83848420554844699265.4%52662628662.8%47569462356.7%42924167251.2%7586593341642933365779530576208262184625.9%
Chile741885152063758927.8%1958663126.4%1781381924.0%1420309719.1%146113011785981176701116596911328515.8%
Colombia1126702358448022575.0%8244785573.2%7829343769.5%7216947964.1%55157424985152487764242586322315422.9%
Ecuador254357101980632077.9%1923334775.6%1795013770.6%1587644762.4%1026625205985188025069614696762.6%
French Guiana8257043817038799.0%816426598.9%815327698.7%813169598.5%4150440744405543937435200.5%
Guyana208828331906826391.3%1900957691.0%1890000790.5%1876812089.9%11402911589105690412889820.5%
Paraguay396258222691630967.9%2500936663.1%1399548935.3%754730519.0%51025370936536728682413658123852612.1%
Peru1280991847906293261.7%7823460661.1%7681461760.0%7445906758.1%19103615226591520877151078414863031.9%
Suriname144343051398204896.9%1395518196.7%1391314196.4%1385640496.0%7020722287216671746708200.5%
Uruguay17452575187591510.7%174491610.0%13881098.0%8521684.9%49848520083220005819280116459112.7%
Venezuela899626155885343865.4%5711649763.5%5374412859.7%4936627854.9%1910151245073122632011269898880552.1%
South America175232886699116622756.6%95627691354.6%85726834248.9%76290543143.5%11472755525054415180057645666071377067895.1%
Bangladesh12964958268327220.7%209741216.2%154142811.9%6964805.4%7043533415286250527389202.0%
Bhutan3993478268281367.2%261630465.5%236917259.3%166520941.7%215412271120111074672520.5%
Brunei57249953233493.0%52913392.4%52228891.2%50655888.5%8795169911695916828161353.1%
Cambodia177679761019926157.4%916161651.6%748312742.1%584306432.9%10959012288071211046113621588841710.9%
East Timor148987184376456.6%76339751.2%61665341.4%42957728.8%6111182501811617606156082.1%
India3120726304907144815.7%4171964013.4%304504339.8%167827465.4%2549288422968160737305735188971.7%
Indonesia18751855716544463388.2%16222214886.5%15538879682.9%14118915175.3%6970122156696171562924715468149145794549.0%
Laos227963541978970886.8%1930555784.7%1811514079.5%1449075563.6%3379041185328116995411277749416865.7%
Malaysia327226582977067991.0%2951658390.2%2896274088.5%2723647583.2%2579798470747846989784668048448621114.8%
Maldives21881608027.8%584126.7%461321.1%20619.4%6555351430.9%
Myanmar663341944508080868.0%4357618365.7%3978984760.0%2744338741.4%3148901462263144015613505269514503.2%
Nepal14736140559978638.0%530090436.0%430792529.2%213177714.5%13390383353667430144195060.7%
Pakistan8725331616299671.9%10744811.2%6668100.8%3348550.4%84793909158809645930.6%
Philippines292517641979928267.7%1899477264.9%1741592959.5%1411082048.2%2726386169106143886053595568533.1%
Singapore638542181134.2%1936830.3%1676126.2%1149818.0%12548628488036244.0%
Sri Lanka6509706424111265.2%404133362.1%354617654.5%261767140.2%26385940619216984455550752.2%
Thailand507166502191976843.2%2055686840.5%1796696835.4%1104539121.8%499219110470310647089597166612374.9%
Vietnam322940631817347556.3%1701242352.7%1478403745.8%1069709133.1%5642931182326116284810991088744296.3%
South and South-east Asia87908054939749000145.2%37851396343.1%34394884339.1%27723456631.5%11969367282432842804624827364724246163906.8%
Benin11504357888411777.2%6051905.3%89800.1%8480.0%69003254964725467348003.5%
Burkina Faso27416953321436311.7%11200.0%60.0%00.0%0189503550605.6%
Burundi2496703228007191.3%83672833.5%1410865.7%221870.9%35562035716168754610890.9%
Cameroon463074284174305090.1%3426889074.0%2525788554.5%1747023337.7%650794807234267313576101981441.1%
Cape Verde394111108292.7%78622.0%37451.0%24350.6%20341318873591.5%
Central African Republic619046195998010096.9%5172340483.6%3076866749.7%687646811.1%394814715414493233583711714430.8%
Chad1267487671283670810.1%9621730.8%72370.0%480.0%74323069392121015412.5%
Cote d'Ivoire319101903092438296.9%1799301956.4%635788119.9%5111161.6%229776148734311995838165981213484.6%
Democratic Republic of the Congo22880183722768304699.5%21128553192.3%16436268871.8%11905060252.0%139258058950875804582531831740821172.5%
Equatorial Guinea2682759267158299.6%266282599.3%263775898.3%245133591.4%5583438664365242466348771.6%
Gabon261671012591772999.0%2497726595.5%2416602892.4%2307753988.2%391191889861863971753921469020.7%
Gambia104341246099244.2%213212.0%380.0%10.0%261074411451612.3%
Ghana232353961833095078.9%791972634.1%425379418.3%2074120.9%134504538524449438339551532572.9%
Guinea243699242255394192.5%1134694146.6%21557178.8%1821210.7%29638391126268183107794154771.7%
Guinea-Bissau3309665290213887.7%150156445.4%3140949.5%34730.1%652367332512031973911012.3%
Liberia9555569954177699.9%943350698.7%905517594.8%361168437.8%1084073954373947203851561546654.0%
Mali12481133282008476.6%1010550.1%3880.0%480.0%51606044415380481.9%
Niger118352480242330.0%90.0%00.0%00.0%0595000.2%
Nigeria901534884255036847.2%1291642014.3%47148395.2%3125090.3%603181004559425198158185146972.3%
Republic of Congo338562183351820199.0%2857020384.4%2394374370.7%2142015863.3%466562992122892892621341818590.9%
Rwanda2383129204886086.0%70258129.5%2059838.6%888673.7%71141774915545901426910.9%
Sao Tome and Principe160451542596.1%1444790.0%1322182.4%1073866.9%14807878770.5%
Senegal19428242478122624.6%1744030.9%20780.0%520.0%215803732597345281.7%
Sierra Leone7205155713750299.1%607313284.3%358870649.8%2424053.4%45123196637194295170254471642.7%
Togo5679078430781675.9%80837714.2%1274322.2%4580.0%2369761063850651672001.7%
Western and Central Africa102973395857252025255.6%42490769241.3%30208716929.3%19554273719.0%22250941266464410348157854194152280852.2%
Afghanistan643730154320290.7%2547920.4%1483950.2%754880.1%3031842177513715850.4%
Armenia283518138443313.6%34695012.2%29506710.4%2252197.9%127619421903177914760.5%
Azerbaijan8513504148862217.5%133060915.6%111310513.1%8192899.6%86470026769600043210.5%
Cyprus92456318075119.5%11883712.9%616426.7%231242.5%2011927165411917151.1%
Georgia6960065336933748.4%321644546.2%295636042.5%250055635.9%478686498545820770690.3%
Iran16182004419996871.2%18008731.1%15455761.0%9996400.6%113534853337284014930.2%
Iraq44290880384190.1%199930.0%66520.0%8170.0%29415513292450.4%
Israel2195558496682.3%329801.5%180970.8%77020.4%18952274202716029324.5%
Jordan886940438380.0%24340.0%15290.0%4530.0%965200.2%
Kazakhstan26742683259034332.2%45524541.7%31551601.2%17597700.7%23929560544984530273178080.9%
Kyrgyzstan1925341910045415.2%7273603.8%4304902.2%2084891.1%46624452287186912240.2%
Lebanon1040311943939.1%707776.8%439974.2%190861.8%176426282430193611342.8%
Oman3091008512160.0%20.0%00.0%00.0%0100000.8%
Palestine60260116610.3%7370.1%2710.0%730.0%1433017822.0%
Saudi Arabia190835741330.0%70.0%70.0%00.0%0400010.2%
Syria185501101471920.8%1140740.6%821530.4%455290.2%158084318056710354485.5%
Tajikistan140937831726531.2%700320.5%193580.1%62500.0%1453833402371030.2%
Turkey770766541290940116.7%1066859413.8%821434110.7%59103687.7%1783493101812891032402721696902.4%
Turkmenistan46655109315090.1%127700.0%58530.0%25040.0%2805454813082031.7%
United Arab Emirates791901320.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%000005.3%
Uzbekistan435090082554320.6%1225360.3%513280.1%204690.0%520115010487824300.4%
Yemen4520454967930.0%2600.0%100.0%00.0%440000.1%
Western and Central Asia1063859429284750432.7%234635162.2%181493911.7%126248261.2%2179434091473797543058722126781.4%


Temperate


forest cover, defined using various tree cover (TC) thresholdsforest gain forest loss 2001-2012total loss
land10% TC25% TC50% TC75% TC2001-201210%25%50%75%10%
Namehaha% land areaha% land areaha% land areaha% land areahahahahaha%
Afghanistan643730154320290.7%2547920.4%1483950.2%754880.1%3031842177513715850.4%
Albania282002383961329.8%70725725.1%53531619.0%36417312.9%7371298892916426655211853.5%
Algeria23078251116905500.7%13168600.6%8956320.4%4967010.2%32531697736760354051329074.0%
Andorra451862072245.9%1934542.8%1689037.4%1331129.5%19555450350.3%
Argentina2753857194338041215.8%4014429114.6%231176548.4%105949983.8%64302343047294191819273444712966359.2%
Armenia283518138443313.6%34695012.2%29506710.4%2252197.9%127619421903177914760.5%
Australia767648149659550718.6%466661036.1%257373893.4%177890082.3%141423835370643056810132498310915105.2%
Austria8318092451467454.3%438816552.8%411383649.5%339334340.8%658442007942004211982091852584.3%
Azerbaijan8513504148862217.5%133060915.6%111310513.1%8192899.6%86470026769600043210.5%
Belarus20480773965381247.1%925676445.2%837327640.9%579132228.3%3754624151454140434051723504464.3%
Belgium305141197102531.8%89054929.2%77667025.5%57558018.9%37347595935936158295524286.0%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba28486319311.2%25939.1%17506.1%12644.4%67484745411.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina5085147289952957.0%273028153.7%247703848.7%205455440.4%26529179761727215791120160.6%
Botswana5776521024126694.2%542160.1%12790.0%220.0%8950829524830.2%
Bulgaria11129623447751440.2%426338538.3%387234134.8%320704328.8%67810765997612774141670131.7%
Canada84515360346956985055.6%43101787951.0%32418971738.4%21672624625.6%9107139261994932570825521230224166006755.4%
Chile741885152063758927.8%1958663126.4%1781381924.0%1420309719.1%146113011785981176701116596911328515.8%
China92673045318901604720.4%17016585518.4%13136645114.2%618900516.7%223874259711505888043549258437468563.1%
Croatia5666519269145847.5%251780544.4%222876939.3%188915433.3%26472418614008936585325771.5%
Cyprus92456318075119.5%11883712.9%616426.7%231242.5%2011927165411917151.1%
Czech Republic7807139323252941.4%311372939.9%286927036.8%222635428.5%1331261635881631451606351409545.0%
Denmark426211676228717.9%68912316.2%56105213.2%3104797.3%32177528155254151200443966.7%
Djibouti2151435130.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%000000.0%
Egypt977943229521081.0%3872160.4%146440.0%6240.0%4988231414856981310.2%
Eritrea1197194214950.0%110.0%20.0%10.0%6172211.1%
Estonia4330606278002864.2%267053161.7%246534256.9%195687045.2%894472176312174242162792036327.5%
Finland305320882279676274.7%2193916671.9%1830388759.9%1042639534.1%108493319484581944233191797317496218.2%
France546252311835486133.6%1725476131.6%1527051228.0%1156840421.2%5061827534507455747126005976724.1%
French Southern Territories2929131.1%7726.3%6121.0%2910.0%087767.8%
Georgia6960065336933748.4%321644546.2%295636042.5%250055635.9%478686498545820770690.3%
Germany353584431345040238.0%1273533036.0%1171345033.1%919595626.0%2585324847274829344750724294213.5%
Gibraltar66513720.6%11918.0%9914.9%639.5%000000.3%
Greece13113438476349136.3%397934130.3%295749122.6%211321216.1%35575144327137781119716885693.0%
Guernsey8429212225.2%165619.6%115813.7%4655.5%1944320.2%
Hong Kong1075686878563.9%6394159.4%5225348.6%2801326.0%2662352292011190.3%
Hungary9169711222003424.2%206267122.5%179683819.6%142633815.6%134957109848109408107553991945.0%
Iran16182004419996871.2%18008731.1%15455761.0%9996400.6%113534853337284014930.2%
Iraq44290880384190.1%199930.0%66520.0%8170.0%29415513292450.4%
Ireland6896968110599216.0%87494712.7%6390979.3%2899424.2%123805760737518471354591977.2%
Isle of Man573851636428.5%1375624.0%1027217.9%47998.4%2892412382211541.5%
Israel2195558496682.3%329801.5%180970.8%77020.4%18952274202716029324.5%
Italy298353671044882835.0%970230732.5%838244328.1%648047321.7%897701519941490081385391141561.4%
Japan368499712727792274.0%2655976372.1%2559819969.5%2338625963.5%2570394250664232804176173923601.5%
Jersey12238209517.1%166513.6%123810.1%6345.2%27262624231.2%
Jordan886940438380.0%24340.0%15290.0%4530.0%965200.2%
Kazakhstan26742683259034332.2%45524541.7%31551601.2%17597700.7%23929560544984530273178080.9%
Kosovo109050041888738.4%38411835.2%33472130.7%23883121.9%563987458657837176382.1%
Kyrgyzstan1925341910045415.2%7273603.8%4304902.2%2084891.1%46624452287186912240.2%
Latvia6366620372593858.5%359532556.5%332114852.2%261256741.0%18567741143041094140772938245310.4%
Lebanon1040311943939.1%707776.8%439974.2%190861.8%176426282430193611342.8%
Lesotho30416691134713.7%114990.4%5320.0%250.0%206144581110.1%
Libya161594205243330.0%73230.0%18050.0%2510.0%41528317462141.2%
Liechtenstein16158995961.6%927357.4%819350.7%621138.4%31605957530.6%
Lithuania6396000244725538.3%236643037.0%217748134.0%164718625.8%1225911840571835341815391655157.3%
Luxembourg25591110512241.1%10158139.7%9564237.4%8078231.6%270043824368431039114.1%
Macau245449020.0%41817.0%33113.5%1044.2%314131352.8%
Macedonia243421891113737.4%81940033.7%69596028.6%53591722.0%10430288462851227437243553.1%
Mali12481133282008476.6%1010550.1%3880.0%480.0%51606044415380481.9%
Malta319101810.6%1330.4%900.3%500.2%1613121077.2%
Mauritania104080336600.0%350.0%150.0%00.0%0463515043.8%
Mayotte378943536293.3%3397289.7%3055380.6%1885349.8%373433393262221.0%
Moldova335389643998213.1%37559911.2%3131269.3%2098536.3%628938543703330625840.9%
Monaco21921.0%00.2%00.0%00.0%000000.0%
Mongolia15526910761509144.0%44663272.9%18632601.2%3080330.2%10254433806392194240754922056.6%
Montenegro130847569186552.9%64019548.9%55031442.1%41944032.1%701073697192662650651.1%
Morocco4131146711132742.7%7230891.8%4361251.1%2110090.5%19558273402563619160106502.4%
Namibia8230940815850741.9%127600.0%5750.0%530.0%44105972415348440.7%
Netherlands345242075476521.9%62659718.1%47627213.8%2866378.3%7059161911603015235120762.1%
New Zealand263471071160934344.1%1138655543.2%1082128041.1%938380835.6%7101886863416859766837506711285.9%
Niger118352480242330.0%90.0%00.0%00.0%0595000.2%
North Korea12144029587070948.3%537452544.3%409371033.7%9164287.5%13681155510150923124729410512.6%
Norway306683371272818441.5%1190318538.8%975786331.8%622968420.3%1729143509643502623465823251952.7%
Oman3091008512160.0%20.0%00.0%00.0%0100000.8%
Pakistan8725331616299671.9%10744811.2%6668100.8%3348550.4%84793909158809645930.6%
Palestine60260116610.3%7370.1%2710.0%730.0%1433017822.0%
Poland308332401118760936.3%1065245834.5%955114031.0%648565921.0%5040825783605750255586844773065.1%
Portugal8910225300607233.7%246259227.6%158997917.8%91469010.3%28657747301845278237434524971014.8%
Reunion24765320326682.1%18035072.8%13149153.1%7419330.0%306731133076275412311.5%
Romania23569104848795536.0%808627534.3%737744731.3%628357626.7%1529872292762287022261752158482.7%
Russia162731087488339714954.3%78584215748.3%60118675136.9%33046075420.3%16229203342225643211077225831839169972323.8%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon21511607328.2%558326.0%415119.3%11465.3%000000.0%
Saint-Barthelemy203878938.7%66032.4%48523.8%30815.1%111100.1%
Saint-Martin4880204141.8%189238.8%167634.3%138428.4%35404037332.0%
San Marino6121109918.0%92515.1%5939.7%2644.3%2133200.2%
Saudi Arabia190835741330.0%70.0%70.0%00.0%0400010.2%
Serbia7739834301902739.0%283227436.6%249847132.3%191323324.7%35606263352620525774245010.9%
Sint Maarten3356115234.3%106231.6%92427.5%72321.6%6272520122.3%
Slovakia4883755249073951.0%242294649.6%229842847.1%201698241.3%522601233001230891220151152764.8%
Slovenia1993345134186467.3%130823665.6%124705462.6%111664056.0%3498160071593215593140101.2%
Somalia6325928538860776.1%1347770.2%156350.0%10830.0%280702831889681180.2%
South Africa1216872062222435318.3%71246355.9%31644132.6%10825860.9%8312829472178848797775214410644.2%
South Korea9875406577779358.5%549668855.7%451904045.8%166939916.9%27132129321123348101815457952.2%
South Sudan629989864272423367.8%1694090526.9%41051006.5%1773040.3%38231616201067644388283270.4%
Spain504025481432667528.4%1174728923.3%810011816.1%524683010.4%4481886501606232525250023552464.5%
Sudan18706699942986642.3%2483170.1%11970.0%00.0%9583513627400.1%
Swaziland1725489145391884.3%59448334.5%19826411.5%597093.5%60321746416992361559411915.1%
Sweden413118612941188371.2%2823447168.3%2398506058.1%1539959637.3%152807025498582543784251357723345838.4%
Switzerland3995921165524441.4%157386139.4%144832936.2%113634528.4%10372224792240122058201281.3%
Syria185501101471920.8%1140740.6%821530.4%455290.2%158084318056710354485.5%
Taiwan3579767242672567.8%236240366.0%224662262.8%200983856.1%6114262782609325407226941.1%
Tajikistan140937831726531.2%700320.5%193580.1%62500.0%1453833402371030.2%
Tunisia154586632865761.9%2353631.5%1785481.2%1073700.7%1150292898992784057933.3%
Turkey770766541290940116.7%1066859413.8%821434110.7%59103687.7%1783493101812891032402721696902.4%
Turkmenistan46655109315090.1%127700.0%58530.0%25040.0%2805454813082031.7%
Ukraine587242071313875822.4%1162957119.8%967860016.5%684738611.7%3529295571335506275272634372434.2%
United Arab Emirates791901320.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%000005.3%
United Kingdom24202281449508918.6%383719715.9%295792112.2%15184796.3%2111142634342604602437941959985.8%
United States91643107931494323834.4%28701573231.3%24454956026.7%19827861621.6%13808181257792712546703323671431206408447.9%
United States Minor Outlying Islands47616434.4%15031.4%12225.6%9920.8%1104103988938.9%
Uruguay17452575187591510.7%174491610.0%13881098.0%8521684.9%49848520083220005819280116459112.7%
Uzbekistan435090082554320.6%1225360.3%513280.1%204690.0%520115010487824300.4%
Vatican City53916.9%611.0%36.3%23.1%000000.0%
Yemen4520454967930.0%2600.0%100.0%00.0%440000.1%


Tropical


forest cover, defined using various tree cover (TC) thresholdsforest gain forest loss 2001-2012total loss
land10% TC25% TC50% TC75% TC2001-201210%25%50%75%10%
Namehaha% land areaha% land areaha% land areaha% land areahahahahaha%
Angola1245806059595119477.0%6335646050.9%3193547425.6%37882583.0%63757191956714896678340361761562.0%
Anguilla7831288936.9%235030.0%137217.5%5056.4%2948442481.6%
Antigua and Barbuda419302124150.7%1981547.3%1727841.2%1399433.4%2474294264083552.0%
Aruba178092171.2%410.2%160.1%120.1%122211.1%
Bahamas117687835761530.4%31408526.7%25697821.8%19947116.9%79092399136848875122.5%
Bangladesh12964958268327220.7%209741216.2%154142811.9%6964805.4%7043533415286250527389202.0%
Barbados43230606814.0%544212.6%462210.7%35968.3%1922752652301864.5%
Belize2161988177715582.2%175468681.2%171094879.1%164340276.0%128201202181200691190371155256.4%
Benin11504357888411777.2%6051905.3%89800.1%8480.0%69003254964725467348003.5%
Bermuda539471113.2%63711.8%4358.1%2604.8%3944430.6%
Bhutan3993478268281367.2%261630465.5%236917259.3%166520941.7%215412271120111074672520.5%
Bolivia1074501056648539761.9%6500409660.5%5748990553.5%4783870144.5%17364029533192940295280629623768264.3%
Brazil83848420554844699265.4%52662628662.8%47569462356.7%42924167251.2%7586593341642933365779530576208262184625.9%
British Virgin Islands15303847355.4%772750.5%685244.8%584638.2%13595957510.7%
Brunei57249953233493.0%52913392.4%52228891.2%50655888.5%8795169911695916828161353.1%
Burkina Faso27416953321436311.7%11200.0%60.0%00.0%0189503550605.6%
Burundi2496703228007191.3%83672833.5%1410865.7%221870.9%35562035716168754610890.9%
Cambodia177679761019926157.4%916161651.6%748312742.1%584306432.9%10959012288071211046113621588841710.9%
Cameroon463074284174305090.1%3426889074.0%2525788554.5%1747023337.7%650794807234267313576101981441.1%
Cape Verde394111108292.7%78622.0%37451.0%24350.6%20341318873591.5%
Cayman Islands260991472756.4%1367752.4%1238747.5%998938.3%442802712291531.9%
Central African Republic619046195998010096.9%5172340483.6%3076866749.7%687646811.1%394814715414493233583711714430.8%
Chad1267487671283670810.1%9621730.8%72370.0%480.0%74323069392121015412.5%
Colombia1126702358448022575.0%8244785573.2%7829343769.5%7216947964.1%55157424985152487764242586322315422.9%
Comoros16448015840096.3%14090885.7%10594964.4%6901442.0%4316966906263740.4%
Costa Rica5092587410504680.6%395983977.8%368459372.4%311832661.2%381841634261624781556801356443.9%
Cote d'Ivoire319101903092438296.9%1799301956.4%635788119.9%5111161.6%229776148734311995838165981213484.6%
Cuba10915383440030040.3%411456637.7%361632333.1%287747826.4%2271421658511634701508671213513.8%
Curacao42761753517.6%584513.7%19404.5%5021.2%28393516110.5%
Democratic Republic of the Congo22880183722768304699.5%21128553192.3%16436268871.8%11905060252.0%139258058950875804582531831740821172.5%
Dominica749697185795.8%7108294.8%7012193.5%6699389.4%137057047006861.0%
Dominican Republic4779190286354059.9%264273155.3%223632146.8%177441937.1%393011876071857701737511461796.2%
East Timor148987184376456.6%76339751.2%61665341.4%42957728.8%6111182501811617606156082.1%
Ecuador254357101980632077.9%1923334775.6%1795013770.6%1587644762.4%1026625205985188025069614696762.6%
El Salvador2021063112721255.8%102494450.7%80184839.7%47096523.3%8599550055426048667280464.7%
Equatorial Guinea2682759267158299.6%266282599.3%263775898.3%245133591.4%5583438664365242466348771.6%
Ethiopia1123533883112616627.7%1548024013.8%54264914.8%20399081.8%62520280207244594149928671400.9%
Fiji1823522167784592.0%160305787.9%141963377.9%123394467.7%11895194121936819134174381.2%
French Guiana8257043817038799.0%816426598.9%815327698.7%813169598.5%4150440744405543937435200.5%
Gabon261671012591772999.0%2497726595.5%2416602892.4%2307753988.2%391191889861863971753921469020.7%
Gambia104341246099244.2%213212.0%380.0%10.0%261074411451612.3%
Ghana232353961833095078.9%791972634.1%425379418.3%2074120.9%134504538524449438339551532572.9%
Grenada353272959083.8%2880981.5%2768778.4%2456969.5%7313431341133312824.4%
Guadeloupe16342010094661.8%9609658.8%9015055.2%8175450.0%121618471816171214101.8%
Guatemala10796610827359876.6%782319472.5%695231064.4%575707053.3%1093868813998777608454687357279.7%
Guinea243699242255394192.5%1134694146.6%21557178.8%1821210.7%29638391126268183107794154771.7%
Guinea-Bissau3309665290213887.7%150156445.4%3140949.5%34730.1%652367332512031973911012.3%
Guyana208828331906826391.3%1900957691.0%1890000790.5%1876812089.9%11402911589105690412889820.5%
Haiti2687639107269139.9%90660933.7%65716924.5%43336416.1%4812272442663422416148242.5%
Honduras11154399843980275.7%788312070.7%669614560.0%526642847.2%582414803714776194537773978215.4%
India3120726304907144815.7%4171964013.4%304504339.8%167827465.4%2549288422968160737305735188971.7%
Indonesia18751855716544463388.2%16222214886.5%15538879682.9%14118915175.3%6970122156696171562924715468149145794549.0%
Jamaica109628480851573.8%77775970.9%72984366.6%65454959.7%6803324273224431334285173.9%
Kenya570414281098520519.3%39722337.0%18907283.3%9635991.7%1004732903972327351740701128732.6%
Laos227963541978970886.8%1930555784.7%1811514079.5%1449075563.6%3379041185328116995411277749416865.7%
Liberia9555569954177699.9%943350698.7%905517594.8%361168437.8%1084073954373947203851561546654.0%
Madagascar588631043318942256.4%1865538431.7%1224102120.8%586372510.0%4051351461189132776310787965888324.3%
Malawi9411003709255675.4%221608723.5%3130763.3%163330.2%10284128005891413516342971.8%
Malaysia327226582977067991.0%2951658390.2%2896274088.5%2723647583.2%2579798470747846989784668048448621114.8%
Maldives21881608027.8%584126.7%461321.1%20619.4%6555351430.9%
Martinique1106197905771.5%7547468.2%7099164.2%6286856.8%54321822164210218882.7%
Mauritius18551114870580.2%8346445.0%5086227.4%2924215.8%301024862324187310961.7%
Mexico1943719226372192432.8%5523075128.4%4213040821.7%2949875615.2%63333422320022194331199298515887413.4%
Micronesia8884646672.8%633971.4%602367.8%562163.3%362807978741.3%
Montserrat9987488848.9%465846.6%429643.0%352835.3%81971961911803.9%
Mozambique774861247088170791.5%3714079647.9%1049276813.5%3413850.4%14462021529001847435829372475703.0%
Myanmar663341944508080868.0%4357618365.7%3978984760.0%2744338741.4%3148901462263144015613505269514503.2%
Nepal14736140559978638.0%530090436.0%430792529.2%213177714.5%13390383353667430144195060.7%
New Caledonia1870074159796985.4%148177179.2%105149356.2%72536338.8%57141228511868943256960.8%
Nicaragua11860287838933270.7%792003966.8%706735359.6%582893649.1%661898162078116367885947236438.9%
Nigeria901534884255036847.2%1291642014.3%47148395.2%3125090.3%603181004559425198158185146972.3%
Palau456214208892.3%4142390.8%4004887.8%3734681.9%2565335335284971.3%
Panama7419325594142480.1%576304677.7%545415373.5%496874267.0%323302653242639862570422308114.3%
Papua New Guinea459534154371077595.1%4316013493.9%4199544591.4%3966598986.3%2308146315606307346272486075521.4%
Paraguay396258222691630967.9%2500936663.1%1399548935.3%754730519.0%51025370936536728682413658123852612.1%
Peru1280991847906293261.7%7823460661.1%7681461760.0%7445906758.1%19103615226591520877151078414863031.9%
Philippines292517641979928267.7%1899477264.9%1741592959.5%1411082048.2%2726386169106143886053595568533.1%
Puerto Rico89072956121163.0%53167659.7%49193955.2%43806949.2%6400133351311312383104852.3%
Republic of Congo338562183351820199.0%2857020384.4%2394374370.7%2142015863.3%466562992122892892621341818590.9%
Rwanda2383129204886086.0%70258129.5%2059838.6%888673.7%71141774915545901426910.9%
Saint Kitts and Nevis261431437155.0%1355151.8%1236747.3%1073841.1%1022812762602341.9%
Saint Lucia603745250987.0%5113484.7%4923681.6%4512374.7%356396376295971.2%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines387603095179.9%2941175.9%2783071.8%2333360.2%192982952882621.0%
Sao Tome and Principe160451542596.1%1444790.0%1322182.4%1073866.9%14807878770.5%
Senegal19428242478122624.6%1744030.9%20780.0%520.0%215803732597345281.7%
Seychelles171711262173.5%703641.0%288016.8%3021.8%021100.0%
Sierra Leone7205155713750299.1%607313284.3%358870649.8%2424053.4%45123196637194295170254471642.7%
Singapore638542181134.2%1936830.3%1676126.2%1149818.0%12548628488036244.0%
Solomon Islands2791601274499398.3%273880298.1%272663997.7%268249696.1%20256627556273562673621452.3%
Sri Lanka6509706424111265.2%404133362.1%354617654.5%261767140.2%26385940619216984455550752.2%
Suriname144343051398204896.9%1395518196.7%1391314196.4%1385640496.0%7020722287216671746708200.5%
Tanzania885309346532425073.8%3408596438.5%970276711.0%12320141.4%304096197441214792656912721172552.9%
Thailand507166502191976843.2%2055686840.5%1796696835.4%1104539121.8%499219110470310647089597166612374.9%
Togo5679078430781675.9%80837714.2%1274322.2%4580.0%2369761063850651672001.7%
Trinidad and Tobago51312640147078.2%39427976.8%38315274.7%36635271.4%1606152151516414941140353.7%
Turks and Caicos Islands874951527517.5%1172213.4%86549.9%58676.7%153963692601122.5%
Uganda205322341835941889.4%997837148.6%327191915.9%8489104.1%685433653503499892796991679432.0%
US Virgin Islands349672039758.3%1936255.4%1785551.1%1582245.2%4035605585454912.7%
Vanuatu1206586118755298.4%118386298.1%116273596.4%109970691.1%137441014089404238310.3%
Venezuela899626155885343865.4%5711649763.5%5374412859.7%4936627854.9%1910151245073122632011269898880552.1%
Vietnam322940631817347556.3%1701242352.7%1478403745.8%1069709133.1%5642931182326116284810991088744296.3%
Zambia736117636114483583.1%3161556942.9%919677812.5%429260.1%181291305906970345414108223212.1%
Zimbabwe386934411837410547.5%24105896.2%2931040.8%799360.2%4856337339815850956682213812.0%


Due to low amounts of forest cover, the following countries, islands, and areas are excluded from the above table: American Samoa, Antarctica, Bahrain, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, French Polynesia, Greenland, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Iceland, Kiribati, Kuwait, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Qatar, Saint Helena, Samoa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spratly islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara.


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