Country Deforestation Data [sorted by region]
[Source: Hansen 2013]

The table below includes individual country information on forest cover. Deforestation rates are represented in the "Forest Annual rate of change" column as negative number [a positive number indicates afforestation]. Further information on rainforests and tropical deforestation can be found at mongabay.com.

Additional country statistics are available on the World Statistics Table.

Other display options: Full Stats | Simple Stats | Tropical deforestation

			gain													>10%
Name	Total area	land	2001-2012	>15%		>20%		>25%		>30%		>50%		>75%		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Africa
Angola	124768065	124580605	63757	82808140	66%	65957604	53%	63356460	51%	55315474	44%	31935474	26%	3788258	3%	119528	72784	68677	98061	133611	107552	217638	157658	271256	197993	272661	202148
Comoros	167327	164480	431	156723	95%	144672	88%	140908	86%	134789	82%	105949	64%	69014	42%	36	40	28	42	89	13	81	34	117	94	95	27
Ethiopia	113101942	112353388	62520	25292396	23%	16515167	15%	15480240	14%	12040792	11%	5426491	5%	2039908	2%	14420	17289	16894	17351	20870	14876	31732	31190	34529	25550	17556	37950
Kenya	58175017	57041428	100473	7574551	13%	4288868	8%	3972233	7%	3317383	6%	1890728	3%	963599	2%	22563	24302	20783	21890	22663	26675	31628	25927	27223	26296	20986	19460
Madagascar	59144643	58863104	405135	26502137	45%	19454295	33%	18655384	32%	17140688	29%	12241021	21%	5863725	10%	91420	103552	110027	93653	109666	99502	208738	141115	153899	125674	147092	76851
Malawi	11800736	9411003	10284	4921982	52%	2460578	26%	2216087	24%	1521895	16%	313076	3%	16333	0%	4601	6417	11672	10379	18431	8988	12791	17300	7048	7031	14103	9245
Mauritius	202728	185511	3010	136516	74%	89053	48%	83464	45%	71277	38%	50862	27%	29242	16%	157	158	137	362	182	155	140	203	278	26	596	93
Mozambique	78661667	77486124	144620	59436747	77%	39833592	51%	37140796	48%	28907587	37%	10492768	14%	341385	0%	76116	138624	106412	146150	197849	217708	184009	269181	282832	247067	177457	109494
Seychelles	49370	17171	0	10857	63%	8052	47%	7036	41%	6204	36%	2880	17%	302	2%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania	94176322	88530934	304096	54904569	62%	36486693	41%	34085964	39%	26423103	30%	9702767	11%	1232014	1%	105918	112514	139160	92371	144983	151362	186244	238181	263913	196192	176809	166764
Uganda	24142602	20532234	68543	15967659	78%	10693011	52%	9978371	49%	7768510	38%	3271919	16%	848910	4%	31423	12323	13690	20167	31616	30987	39204	40293	26119	35761	62732	21033
Zambia	75130406	73611763	18129	51040857	69%	34096344	46%	31615569	43%	24088374	33%	9196778	12%	42926	0%	42029	65507	68794	55172	114164	79039	89521	136941	199226	238067	78989	138456
Zimbabwe	39064723	38693441	48563	8875604	23%	2937984	8%	2410589	6%	1414160	4%	293104	1%	79936	0%	19136	23941	21847	30133	37110	33620	43880	23512	67094	26998	17588	28540
Benin	11542283	11504357	6900	4564078	40%	834651	7%	605190	5%	168505	1%	8980	0%	848	0%	17795	20405	30063	3984	35101	12169	56602	5899	77502	2728	7000	56249
Burkina Faso	27480009	27416953	0	314237	1%	3702	0%	1120	0%	131	0%	6	0%	0	0%	15501	12033	928	16513	25076	11272	13911	29734	8756	42378	9226	4176
Burundi	2696185	2496703	3556	1980393	79%	922237	37%	836728	34%	538389	22%	141086	6%	22187	1%	1702	1448	1740	878	1570	554	2843	3340	1483	2504	1215	1078
Cameroon	46603119	46307428	65079	40017184	86%	35173974	76%	34268890	74%	31467692	68%	25257885	55%	17470233	38%	42172	32742	26455	25075	27414	45683	57874	45087	40689	72003	27846	37681
Cape Verde	409073	394111	2034	9408	2%	8006	2%	7862	2%	7353	2%	3745	1%	2435	1%	9	28	11	1	9	11	1	1	22	5	21	11
Central African Republic	62014923	61904619	39481	57542122	93%	52854348	85%	51723404	84%	47070870	76%	30768667	50%	6876468	11%	33068	37300	14425	16125	31310	64621	41602	36107	51714	51181	48444	45643
Chad	126996785	126748767	74	4825810	4%	1200597	1%	962173	1%	409437	0%	7237	0%	48	0%	24427	33017	6618	15680	11119	66440	18442	69141	27656	5170	13259	32100
Democratic Republic of the Congo	232818307	228801837	1392580	226086847	99%	214373450	94%	211285531	92%	199224295	87%	164362688	72%	119050602	52%	464060	525425	284683	409151	498947	463078	478136	414387	655140	840435	394043	467602
Equatorial Guinea	2701847	2682759	5583	2669144	99%	2664150	99%	2662825	99%	2659056	99%	2637758	98%	2451335	91%	3601	2986	1990	432	1628	1274	3211	4875	5739	6627	7468	4034
Gabon	26462427	26167101	39119	25581335	98%	25070226	96%	24977265	95%	24698659	94%	24166028	92%	23077539	88%	15336	14076	16970	10178	18035	20097	17102	18064	18520	10940	17802	11866
Gambia	1069624	1043412	26	197935	19%	31317	3%	21321	2%	4592	0%	38	0%	1	0%	595	3134	231	747	883	345	937	1565	705	809	411	382
Ghana	23832298	23235396	134504	13282454	57%	8230777	35%	7919726	34%	6955609	30%	4253794	18%	207412	1%	53837	84957	30377	21648	51145	35991	54959	51355	54972	28131	41455	29698
Guinea	24466442	24369924	29638	19368520	79%	12426191	51%	11346941	47%	8159128	33%	2155717	9%	182121	1%	24955	37841	12061	30053	25049	22771	54749	38459	40582	45094	43166	16345
Guinea-Bissau	3381000	3309665	6523	2687229	81%	1674680	51%	1501564	45%	1068754	32%	314094	9%	3473	0%	3261	7394	1358	5763	6753	3546	9654	4114	11804	6689	5083	1915
Liberia	9591586	9555569	108407	9518478	100%	9446124	99%	9433506	99%	9384704	98%	9055175	95%	3611684	38%	29257	57120	21742	6231	11356	36464	44485	36350	75369	20399	26046	30617
Nigeria	90801400	90153488	60318	26666754	30%	13950709	15%	12916420	14%	10030686	11%	4714839	5%	312509	0%	84259	69327	44884	37991	51896	59115	116514	85304	94167	64797	154152	142154
Rwanda	2525964	2383129	7114	1573536	66%	758791	32%	702581	29%	496553	21%	205983	9%	88867	4%	1654	1235	1360	1370	1038	1005	1818	1429	1635	3071	1023	1110
Sao Tome and Principe	100225	16045	14	15172	95%	14522	91%	14447	90%	14207	89%	13221	82%	10738	67%	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	19625303	19428242	215	2409314	12%	290552	1%	174403	1%	39937	0%	2078	0%	52	0%	4089	16210	2864	2718	16021	5150	13328	1555	8036	6028	1506	2869
Sierra Leone	7260014	7205155	45123	7022095	97%	6184842	86%	6073132	84%	5617477	78%	3588706	50%	242405	3%	19098	15684	9416	4111	7226	29342	22079	21189	31030	8920	26214	2326
Togo	5699538	5679078	2369	2852450	50%	908030	16%	808377	14%	558992	10%	127432	2%	458	0%	5954	5111	5439	7023	7463	4229	9277	4191	19107	1220	2534	4557
Cote d'Ivoire	32162827	31910190	229776	27248568	85%	18910236	59%	17993019	56%	14872644	47%	6357881	20%	511116	2%	145191	177157	104477	70843	104617	135967	128802	183455	128445	127588	126347	54454
Republic of Congo	34165850	33856218	46656	32480154	96%	29288071	87%	28570203	84%	26386120	78%	23943743	71%	21420158	63%	27829	25067	19141	14406	19483	22960	30839	18540	20875	48089	27735	24249
Asia
Bangladesh	13964704	12964958	7043	2304599	18%	2216489	17%	2097412	16%	1959601	15%	1541428	12%	696480	5%	4635	4042	2192	4345	3347	7016	4098	4602	5762	4859	4233	4209
Bhutan	3999424	3993478	2154	2636875	66%	2627779	66%	2616304	66%	2580571	65%	2369172	59%	1665209	42%	312	227	560	1049	800	641	518	790	1211	4522	1125	518
Cambodia	18135381	17767976	109590	9652549	54%	9444831	53%	9161616	52%	8810800	50%	7483127	42%	5843064	33%	29484	58007	58771	80927	65731	81918	79352	84692	123821	242210	177621	146272
India	315233675	312072630	254928	44937410	14%	43684639	14%	41719640	13%	38813953	12%	30450433	10%	16782746	5%	63984	54672	49300	76793	64573	69906	76694	89102	82364	52747	90315	71846
Indonesia	188967543	187518557	6970122	163979778	87%	163122879	87%	162222148	87%	160978096	86%	155388796	83%	141189151	75%	749366	860771	547000	1295671	1188460	1444062	1394197	1401405	1951911	1283221	1517653	2035901
Laos	22987801	22796354	337904	19546258	86%	19430462	85%	19305557	85%	19118743	84%	18115140	79%	14490755	64%	37771	57829	88641	65534	68838	124993	134872	81933	147900	168829	122684	85505
Malaysia	32922997	32722658	2579798	29651811	91%	29568755	90%	29516583	90%	29415650	90%	28962740	89%	27236475	83%	335408	313874	184509	353216	376253	334438	405435	368346	623374	430871	432909	548845
Maldives	29994	21881	6	5991	27%	5873	27%	5841	27%	5801	27%	4613	21%	2061	9%	5	4	2	2	4	4	6	6	5	3	11	2
Myanmar	66925256	66334194	314890	44218452	67%	43925800	66%	43576183	66%	42859260	65%	39789847	60%	27443387	41%	45882	67739	78877	104462	93501	130919	149682	121921	220424	172733	128623	147501
Nepal	14766262	14736140	13390	5420874	37%	5365856	36%	5300904	36%	5160834	35%	4307925	29%	2131777	14%	1595	2230	2397	2655	2885	3397	3654	3146	5842	2525	2890	5118
Philippines	29585682	29251764	272638	19385191	66%	19165952	66%	18994772	65%	18600335	64%	17415929	60%	14110820	48%	35397	32582	35387	48763	50058	57732	66870	38900	61241	103277	32869	53836
Singapore	67364	63854	1254	20357	32%	19948	31%	19368	30%	18768	29%	16761	26%	11498	18%	46	129	19	36	83	59	77	36	180	44	72	80
Sri Lanka	6583627	6509706	26385	4168248	64%	4117759	63%	4041333	62%	3940058	61%	3546176	54%	2617671	40%	3840	3508	3195	5855	4802	7972	10606	6617	14437	7336	14569	11325
Thailand	51405495	50716650	499219	21201198	42%	20870395	41%	20556868	41%	19962443	39%	17966968	35%	11045391	22%	37915	64171	61917	96358	86785	105644	96842	82980	138241	140208	93211	100430
Vietnam	32838505	32294063	564293	17564327	54%	17266489	53%	17012423	53%	16577661	51%	14784037	46%	10697091	33%	48883	51779	44223	75923	104728	80644	81799	111253	139940	177759	123421	141975
Brunei	577000	572499	8795	530740	93%	529822	93%	529133	92%	527813	92%	522288	91%	506558	88%	1243	1091	798	1200	1288	1021	1571	1314	2172	964	2604	1726
East Timor	1491249	1489871	6111	818535	55%	799927	54%	763397	51%	726032	49%	616653	41%	429577	29%	687	1619	695	2095	1319	2940	1560	832	2677	655	1478	1694
Asia-Pacific
American Samoa	22342	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	26131	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	1860036	1823522	11895	1671849	92%	1621892	89%	1603057	88%	1582747	87%	1419633	78%	1233944	68%	1111	708	1585	2128	1739	1896	2203	2406	1800	2357	525	956
French Polynesia	405298	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	54981	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	101197	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	30023	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru	2216	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	1882538	1870074	5714	1570410	84%	1501897	80%	1481771	79%	1440566	77%	1051493	56%	725363	39%	745	714	928	1590	1500	2189	1035	538	1069	601	677	700
Niue	26668	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	4063	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	50417	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	48299	45621	256	41756	92%	41539	91%	41423	91%	41163	90%	40048	88%	37346	82%	54	76	18	31	44	35	93	63	30	33	31	26
Papua New Guinea	46381494	45953415	230814	43429866	95%	43291148	94%	43160134	94%	42940888	93%	41995445	91%	39665989	86%	36056	54682	31844	58573	39070	56544	49262	71196	49311	68925	52396	63701
Pitcairn Islands	5420	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	285345	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	2844808	2791601	20256	2741865	98%	2739955	98%	2738802	98%	2736458	98%	2726639	98%	2682496	96%	2173	3867	2371	3540	6558	5062	5661	8148	6058	6397	5557	7362
Tokelau	1564	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	76342	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	4167	0	0	0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	1235816	1206586	1374	1186659	98%	1184655	98%	1183862	98%	1182551	98%	1162735	96%	1099706	91%	128	111	536	378	257	224	113	195	1097	309	610	144
Micronesia	77478	8884	362	6388	72%	6353	72%	6339	71%	6177	70%	6023	68%	5621	63%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	0	0
North and Central America
Anguilla	8335	7831	29	2733	35%	2565	33%	2350	30%	2121	27%	1372	18%	505	6%	4	0	2	10	5	2	8	12	2	1	1	1
Antigua and Barbuda	43579	41930	247	20637	49%	20246	48%	19815	47%	19328	46%	17278	41%	13994	33%	24	18	17	26	60	61	38	47	62	20	27	29
Aruba	18192	17809	1	140	1%	111	1%	41	0%	24	0%	16	0%	12	0%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas	1338840	1176878	790	339969	29%	327754	28%	314085	27%	303566	26%	256978	22%	199471	17%	448	709	287	606	1461	1042	620	1967	837	410	592	261
Barbados	43454	43230	192	5763	13%	5595	13%	5442	13%	5237	12%	4622	11%	3596	8%	14	12	4	9	11	5	33	15	15	19	19	120
Bermuda	6800	5394	39	677	13%	656	12%	637	12%	602	11%	435	8%	260	5%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
British Virgin Islands	16942	15303	13	8152	53%	7952	52%	7727	50%	7453	49%	6852	45%	5846	38%	4	3	2	3	4	3	6	8	5	4	15	1
Cayman Islands	28033	26099	44	14279	55%	13923	53%	13677	52%	13448	52%	12387	47%	9989	38%	20	6	7	46	9	19	18	34	33	39	43	6
Cuba	11073242	10915383	227142	4276118	39%	4187514	38%	4114566	38%	4013557	37%	3616323	33%	2877478	26%	19538	15282	6791	22528	13042	12439	8007	17416	16531	8745	16290	9241
Dominica	75431	74969	13	71482	95%	71256	95%	71082	95%	70922	95%	70121	94%	66993	89%	23	11	27	79	51	26	40	94	75	91	44	144
Dominican Republic	4810609	4779190	39301	2771508	58%	2696233	56%	2642731	55%	2576585	54%	2236321	47%	1774419	37%	11437	10631	10950	19634	25399	13685	16340	21890	14192	14324	12957	16167
Grenada	35962	35327	73	29226	83%	29010	82%	28809	82%	28572	81%	27687	78%	24569	70%	33	66	73	630	49	33	66	66	91	159	40	38
Guadeloupe	165026	163420	1216	98503	60%	97223	59%	96096	59%	94729	58%	90150	55%	81754	50%	330	50	77	193	229	64	163	138	121	132	74	276
Haiti	2707498	2687639	4812	1009525	38%	949589	35%	906609	34%	857989	32%	657169	24%	433364	16%	2565	2192	1110	2472	2091	1208	2173	2268	2536	2151	2627	3851
Jamaica	1100015	1096284	6803	794390	72%	784814	72%	777759	71%	768471	70%	729843	67%	654549	60%	1250	1657	1042	3945	7618	2833	1287	2044	3571	2381	2384	2415
Martinique	111783	110619	543	77279	70%	76245	69%	75474	68%	74640	67%	70991	64%	62868	57%	197	47	293	171	208	94	154	284	203	75	158	298
Montserrat	10067	9987	8	4785	48%	4717	47%	4658	47%	4589	46%	4296	43%	3528	35%	6	2	2	7	25	13	10	7	5	111	6	2
Puerto Rico	897047	890729	6400	547058	61%	538387	60%	531676	60%	523665	59%	491939	55%	438069	49%	1281	1190	1217	1360	1320	1272	1055	1239	971	605	1244	580
Saint Kitts and Nevis	26706	26143	102	13983	53%	13750	53%	13551	52%	13256	51%	12367	47%	10738	41%	46	20	32	28	20	22	13	22	33	20	14	11
Saint Lucia	61445	60374	35	51883	86%	51469	85%	51134	85%	50733	84%	49236	82%	45123	75%	32	11	21	41	54	98	49	56	54	99	60	64
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39782	38760	19	30105	78%	29699	77%	29411	76%	29146	75%	27830	72%	23333	60%	8	8	10	21	17	11	23	43	31	69	32	24
Trinidad and Tobago	515933	513126	1606	398348	78%	396142	77%	394279	77%	391869	76%	383152	75%	366352	71%	1839	730	733	740	1246	1758	1104	1285	1376	3423	374	607
Turks and Caicos Islands	99149	87495	15	13594	16%	12830	15%	11722	13%	10845	12%	8654	10%	5867	7%	9	6	11	12	25	5	85	69	112	40	16	6
Curacao	43776	42761	28	6913	16%	6322	15%	5845	14%	5262	12%	1940	5%	502	1%	1	2	1	1	1	4	5	7	6	2	2	8
US Virgin Islands	36205	34967	403	19892	57%	19631	56%	19362	55%	19009	54%	17855	51%	15822	45%	120	22	40	34	20	75	26	40	87	22	50	24
Belize	2198871	2161988	12820	1768553	82%	1761751	81%	1754686	81%	1748544	81%	1710948	79%	1643402	76%	8217	13505	6858	4332	8134	4269	12277	8242	10268	9796	25468	8851
Costa Rica	5117659	5092587	38184	4046583	79%	3993886	78%	3959839	78%	3912907	77%	3684593	72%	3118326	61%	15588	13420	8340	9870	16789	10139	11552	22084	22664	13257	10475	9249
El Salvador	2042167	2021063	8599	1092920	54%	1052597	52%	1024944	51%	988934	49%	801848	40%	470965	23%	9660	4778	6111	4646	5977	4695	3047	3397	4363	2923	3184	2222
Guatemala	10915001	10796610	109386	8108136	75%	7949649	74%	7823194	72%	7693753	71%	6952310	64%	5757070	53%	53962	56038	98920	56850	101496	52885	127219	77575	87236	60002	39057	70158
Honduras	11229079	11154399	58241	8254034	74%	8046783	72%	7883120	71%	7740007	69%	6696145	60%	5266428	47%	42753	31787	34015	26658	40866	42098	42700	43844	51785	46416	50821	26627
Nicaragua	12821915	11860287	66189	8211578	69%	8037940	68%	7920039	67%	7776950	66%	7067353	60%	5828936	49%	44575	54598	47441	21305	96160	39132	89003	54301	83543	214373	41903	29872
Panama	7510447	7419325	32330	5870989	79%	5806507	78%	5763046	78%	5699919	77%	5454153	74%	4968742	67%	18375	19316	11361	16944	12429	34593	20779	40233	37299	15454	22797	15743
Mexico	195202010	194371922	633334	60314762	31%	57508891	30%	55230751	28%	53182952	27%	42130408	22%	29498756	15%	162302	162566	155891	174173	212771	184125	223901	188843	287494	170331	178285	131321
South America
Bolivia	108339225	107450105	173640	66011953	61%	65453444	61%	65004096	60%	64520862	60%	57489905	54%	47838701	45%	141838	180446	164938	205131	252564	217676	190738	372166	226411	453482	316909	231020
Brazil	850036939	838484205	7586593	541495914	65%	532406232	63%	526626286	63%	519191664	62%	475694623	57%	429241672	51%	2807668	3571240	3317036	3927107	3539438	2935038	2681077	2500546	1860297	2752338	1826238	2446270
Colombia	113650216	112670235	551574	83619577	74%	82902207	74%	82447855	73%	81779083	73%	78293437	69%	72169479	64%	231397	183038	123246	255045	189751	191084	270533	233050	239383	197870	187025	197092
Ecuador	25661624	25435710	102662	19573817	77%	19377231	76%	19233347	76%	19064820	75%	17950137	71%	15876447	62%	45469	30137	14037	37795	40733	35990	61158	52236	58202	34022	42912	67906
French Guiana	8330226	8257043	4150	8168449	99%	8166522	99%	8164265	99%	8162647	99%	8153276	99%	8131695	98%	3024	2491	1890	4799	2844	2543	3329	5214	2869	3204	2691	9176
Guyana	20974536	20882833	11402	19051169	91%	19030104	91%	19009576	91%	18995491	91%	18900007	91%	18768120	90%	10056	4840	7417	4054	5845	5938	5261	9443	8267	10135	8231	11672
Paraguay	39958599	39625822	51025	26450463	67%	25774006	65%	25009366	63%	24296591	61%	13995489	35%	7547305	19%	158352	204288	275259	253668	269513	151098	433648	380652	356849	444541	430594	350903
Peru	129262213	128099184	191036	78703009	61%	78435976	61%	78234606	61%	78069516	61%	76814617	60%	74459067	58%	86203	80585	74026	101621	163323	89195	115881	126664	178196	142505	118004	246456
Suriname	14642601	14434305	7020	13971943	97%	13964024	97%	13955181	97%	13949663	97%	13913141	96%	13856404	96%	3680	3726	4555	5446	3512	3419	3629	7537	7379	6987	5630	16730
Venezuela	91215855	89962615	191015	58217840	65%	57545894	64%	57116497	63%	56531450	63%	53744128	60%	49366278	55%	126863	92760	88870	93159	97056	87777	116877	123493	145719	102337	73876	96286

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