Deforestation statistics for Syria
Syria: Demographic data
| Population (2022) | 17,500,658 |
| Annual population growth rate (2022) | 2.50% |
| Population density (people/sq km) | 95 |
| Net migration | -427,391 |
| Fertility rate | 2.8 |
| Median age | 26 |
| Urban population share | 60% |
Syria: Land cover and land use change data
| Land area (sq km): 183,630 |
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Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 105,940 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 0.6% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 23,718 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 22.4% |
Syria: Annual forest and tree cover data
Syria: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares|
Year: Hectares 2001: 267 2002: 148 2003: 115 2004: 107 2005: 792 2006: 281 2007: 1,577 2008: 834 2009: 131 2010: 241 2011: 156 2012: 5,371 2013: 1,270 2014: 958 2015: 2,393 2016: 1,813 2017: 2,147 2018: 903 2019: 1,177 2020: 3,038 |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)
| Sub-national admin area 1 | Tree cover extent (2001) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ḥasakah | 457 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 3.3% |
| Idlib | 4,918 | 94 | 212 | 1,438 | 830 | 2,574 | 52.3% |
| Lattakia | 54,448 | 1,034 | 2,338 | 6,093 | 2,957 | 12,423 | 22.8% |
| Quneitra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | 175 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.9% |
| Tartus | 10,155 | 84 | 71 | 205 | 482 | 841 | 8.3% |
| Aleppo | 7,287 | 54 | 157 | 78 | 268 | 556 | 7.6% |
| Ar Raqqah | 1,612 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2.3% |
| As Suwayda' | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Damascus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dar`a | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3% |
| Dayr Az Zawr | 134 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5.9% |
| Hamah | 24,222 | 123 | 258 | 2,266 | 4,341 | 6,988 | 28.9% |
| Hims | 2,499 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 200 | 270 | 10.8% |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)
| Sub-national admin area 1 | Admin area 2 | Tree cover extent (2000) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hims | Talkalakh | 1,959 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 198 | 260 | 13.3% |
| Al Ḥasakah | Al-Malikiyah | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.1% |
| Al Ḥasakah | Al Qamishli | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Al Ḥasakah | Ra's al-'Ayn | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% |
| Idlib | Arihah | 40 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22.5% |
| Idlib | Harem | 219 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 10.0% |
| Idlib | Idlib | 230 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.9% |
| Idlib | Jisr ash-Shugur | 4,366 | 88 | 211 | 1,421 | 821 | 2,541 | 58.2% |
| Idlib | Ma'arrat al-Numan | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Lattakia | Al-Haffah | 13,817 | 110 | 165 | 823 | 1,278 | 2,377 | 17.2% |
| Lattakia | Jableh | 1,690 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 43 | 99 | 5.9% |
| Lattakia | Latakia | 33,620 | 875 | 2,123 | 5,211 | 1,407 | 9,616 | 28.6% |
| Lattakia | Qardaha | 5,321 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 228 | 331 | 6.2% |
| Quneitra | Quneitra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | Al-Qutayfah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | An-Nabk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | At-Tall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | Darayya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | Duma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | Markaz Rif Dimashq | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.3% |
| Rif Dimashq | Qatana | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | Yabrud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rif Dimashq | Zabadani | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Tartus | Ash-Shaykh Badr | 1,041 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 2.1% |
| Tartus | Baniyas | 4,507 | 35 | 33 | 105 | 259 | 432 | 9.6% |
| Tartus | Duraykish | 1,295 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 47 | 83 | 6.4% |
| Tartus | Safita | 1,724 | 16 | 6 | 55 | 128 | 204 | 11.8% |
| Tartus | Tartus | 1,589 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 43 | 100 | 6.3% |
| Aleppo | 'Ayn al-'Arab | 1,768 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 1.5% |
| Aleppo | A'zaz | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.0% |
| Aleppo | Afrin | 3,305 | 25 | 138 | 32 | 265 | 460 | 13.9% |
| Aleppo | Al Bab | 548 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
| Aleppo | As-Safirah | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8% |
| Aleppo | Jabal Sam'an | 304 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 8.6% |
| Aleppo | Jarabulus | 119 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3.4% |
| Aleppo | Manbij | 1,161 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 2.8% |
| Ar Raqqah | Ar-Raqqah | 1,325 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2.3% |
| Ar Raqqah | Ath-Thawrah | 160 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.5% |
| Ar Raqqah | Tal Abyad | 128 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.6% |
| As Suwayda' | As-Suwayda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| As Suwayda' | Salkhad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| As Suwayda' | Shahba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Damascus | Damascus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dar`a | As-Sanamayn | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dar`a | Daraa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dar`a | Izra' | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dayr Az Zawr | Abu Kamal | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0% |
| Dayr Az Zawr | Deir ez-Zor | 120 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5.0% |
| Dayr Az Zawr | Mayadin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hamah | As-Suqaylabiyah | 17,901 | 110 | 247 | 2,000 | 3,260 | 5,617 | 31.4% |
| Hamah | Hama | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.8% |
| Hamah | Masyaf | 6,243 | 13 | 10 | 266 | 1,080 | 1,369 | 21.9% |
| Hamah | Muhardeh | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3% |
| Hamah | Salamiyah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hims | Al-Mukharram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hims | Al-Qusayr | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23.1% |
| Hims | Ar-Rastan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hims | Hims | 509 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.8% |
| Hims | Palmyra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Al Ḥasakah | Al-Hasakah | 73 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 15.1% |
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2019 forest data for Syria | Archived forest data for Syria | Forest data for Syria
Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.
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