Deforestation statistics for Tunisia



Tunisia: Demographic data

Population (2022)11,818,619
Annual population growth rate (2022)1.10%
Population density (people/sq km)76
Net migration-4,000
Fertility rate2.2
Median age33
Urban population share70%


Tunisia: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 155,360
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 223,828
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 1.4%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 27,998
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 12.5%


Tunisia: Annual forest and tree cover data

Tunisia: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 231
2002: 244
2003: 1,539
2004: 319
2005: 633
2006: 354
2007: 878
2008: 718
2009: 982
2010: 398
2011: 2,204
2012: 1,415
2013: 1,300
2014: 2,385
2015: 1,880
2016: 1,455
2017: 8,526
2018: 903
2019: 573
2020: 1,062




Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1Tree 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)
%
Ariana2606146103513.4%
Kebili0000000.0%
Le Kef16,0042022371,2461,3163,00118.8%
Mahdia20010157.7%
Manubah1,694201596191508.9%
Médenine0000000.0%
Monastir2000005.7%
Nabeul21,9551601994513541,1645.3%
Sfax1000000.0%
Sidi Bou Zid1,2030048571068.8%
Siliana15,716606989061,6643,27320.8%
Béja26,2055215975191,2492,88511.0%
Sousse356102141.1%
Tataouine0000000.0%
Tozeur0000000.0%
Tunis254730534517.6%
Zaghouan10,34490187558889238.9%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)2,73921873251274.6%
Bizerte45,7875711,1454,3684,48310,56623.1%
Gabès0000000.0%
Gafsa0000000.0%
Jendouba72,7086677638132,9855,2297.2%
Kairouan2,053302458111226.0%
Kassérine6,5446514352543675.6%




Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1Admin area 2Tree 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)
%
KassérineKasserine Sud82011123172.1%
ArianaEttadhamen0000000.0%
ArianaKalaat El Andalous72000011.4%
ArianaMnihla3626301130.6%
ArianaRaoued3416041235.3%
ArianaSebkhet Ariana39000000.0%
ArianaSidi Thabet530015611.3%
ArianaSoukra131000215.4%
KebiliDouz0000000.0%
KebiliFaouar0000000.0%
KebiliKebili Nord0000000.0%
KebiliKebili Sud0000000.0%
KebiliSouk El Ahed0000000.0%
Le KefDahmani1000000.0%
Le KefSakiet Sidi Youssef8,84276891,0232941,48216.8%
Le KefTajerouine34000000.0%
Le KefEs Sers354110020.6%
Le KefJerissa0000000.0%
Le KefKalaa Khesba78200022.6%
Le KefKalaat Senan49100012.0%
Le KefKef Est1,0601711449052249.2%
Le KefKef Ouest207110021.0%
Le KefKsour106100010.9%
Le KefNebeur5,27310314620953299018.8%
MahdiaBoumerdès0000000.0%
MahdiaSidi Alouane0000000.0%
MahdiaSouassi0000000.0%
MahdiaChebba100101100.0%
MahdiaChorbane0000000.0%
MahdiaEl Jem0000000.0%
MahdiaHbira0000000.0%
MahdiaKsour Essef1000000.0%
MahdiaMahdia0000000.0%
MahdiaMelloulech0000000.0%
MahdiaOuled Chamekh0000000.0%
ManubahBorj El Amri350130411.4%
ManubahDouar Hicher0000000.0%
ManubahEl Battan37403281338.8%
ManubahJedaida52001011.9%
ManubahManouba0000000.0%
ManubahMornaguia41003149.8%
ManubahOued Ellil623114914.5%
ManubahTebourba1,12916106013998.8%
MédenineBen Guerdane0000000.0%
MédenineBeni Khedache0000000.0%
MédenineDjerba Ajim0000000.0%
MédenineDjerba Midoun0000000.0%
MédenineHoumt Souk0000000.0%
MédenineMédenine Nord0000000.0%
MédenineMédenine Sud0000000.0%
MédenineSidi Makhlouf0000000.0%
MédenineZarzis0000000.0%
MonastirBekalta0000000.0%
MonastirSahline0000000.0%
MonastirSayada-Lamta-Bou Hjar0000000.0%
MonastirSebkhet El Moknine0000000.0%
MonastirTeboulba0000000.0%
MonastirUnknown11000000.0%
MonastirZeramdine0000000.0%
MonastirBembla0000000.0%
MonastirBeni Hassen0000000.0%
MonastirJammel0000000.0%
MonastirKsar Hellal0000000.0%
MonastirKsibet El Mediouni0000000.0%
MonastirMoknine0000000.0%
MonastirMonastir1000000.0%
MonastirOuerdanine0000000.0%
NabeulBeni Khalled1,36912102238826.0%
NabeulKelibia3638650195.2%
NabeulKorba33000013.0%
NabeulMenzel Bouzelfa2,979519251451956.5%
NabeulMenzel Temime54491073295.3%
NabeulNabeul98002062727.6%
NabeulSoliman52546814326.1%
NabeulTakelsa4,348275529661774.1%
NabeulBeni Khiar57130001424.6%
NabeulBou Argoub9305147171.8%
NabeulDar Chaabane El Fehri16100016.3%
NabeulEl Mida103103111615.5%
NabeulGrombalia2,896217131111705.9%
NabeulHammam Ghezaz1,21292116112810.6%
NabeulHammamet1,93832161231.2%
NabeulHaouaria4,544427864502345.1%
SfaxAgareb0000000.0%
SfaxSakiet Eddaier0000000.0%
SfaxSakiet Ezzit0000000.0%
SfaxSfax Médina0000000.0%
SfaxSfax Ouest0000000.0%
SfaxSfax Sud0000000.0%
SfaxSkhira0000000.0%
SfaxBir Ali Ben Khélifa0000000.0%
SfaxEl Amra0000000.0%
SfaxEl Ghraiba0000000.0%
SfaxHencha0000000.0%
SfaxJebeniana0000000.0%
SfaxKerkennah1000000.0%
SfaxMahres0000000.0%
SfaxMenzel Chaker0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidBir El Hfay0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidSidi Bouzid Est0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidSidi Bouzid Ouest0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidSouk Jedid0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidJelma1,1750048571069.0%
Sidi Bou ZidMazzouna0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidMeknassi0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidMenzel Bouzaiene0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidOuled Haffouz0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidRegueb0000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidSabalat Ouled Asker27000000.0%
Sidi Bou ZidSidi Ali Ben Aoun0000000.0%
SilianaBargou3,9202346741,0231,16529.7%
SilianaSiliana Nord29000013.4%
SilianaSiliana Sud2,44323131536470328.8%
SilianaBouarada8322521524667.9%
SilianaBourouis416100010.2%
SilianaEl Krib4,34356151341003057.0%
SilianaGaafour226186002410.6%
SilianaKesra1,685661917915041524.6%
SilianaLaroussa1,6543939188259235.8%
SilianaMakthar161101010.6%
SilianaRouhia7000000.0%
BéjaAmdoun1,9105461320854.5%
BéjaBéja Nord33513272136419.1%
BéjaBéja Sud85033861151224628.9%
BéjaGoubellat455104159016536.3%
BéjaMejez El Bab35566582010028.2%
BéjaNefza18,8943103042171,1712,00210.6%
BéjaTéboursouk1,35116161612604.4%
BéjaTestour1,37720436271319.5%
BéjaThibar67814883334.9%
SousseAkouda0000000.0%
SousseSebkhat Sidi El Hani0000000.0%
SousseSebkhit El Kabla0000000.0%
SousseSidi Bou Ali0000000.0%
SousseSidi El Heni0000000.0%
SousseSousse Jaouhara0000000.0%
SousseSousse Médina0000000.0%
SousseSousse Riadh0000000.0%
SousseSousse Sidi Abdelhamid0000000.0%
SousseBouficha350002130.9%
SousseEnfidha40000125.0%
SousseHammam Sousse0000000.0%
SousseHergla1000000.0%
SousseKalaa Kebira0000000.0%
SousseKalaa Sghira0000000.0%
SousseKondar0000000.0%
SousseM'Saken0000000.0%
TataouineBir Lahmar0000000.0%
TataouineDhiba0000000.0%
TataouineGhomrassen0000000.0%
TataouineRemada0000000.0%
TataouineSamar0000000.0%
TataouineTataouine Nord0000000.0%
TataouineTataouine Sud0000000.0%
TozeurDegueche0000000.0%
TozeurHazoua0000000.0%
TozeurNefta0000000.0%
TozeurTamaghza0000000.0%
TozeurTozeur0000000.0%
TunisBab Bhar2000000.0%
TunisEzzouhour0000000.0%
TunisHrairia4000000.0%
TunisJebel Jelloud0000000.0%
TunisKabaria1000000.0%
TunisLa Goulette2000000.0%
TunisLa Marsa192428534020.8%
TunisMédina0000000.0%
TunisOmrane1000000.0%
TunisOmrane Supérieur0000000.0%
TunisSabkhet Sijoumi16000016.3%
TunisBab Souika0000000.0%
TunisSidi El Béchir0000000.0%
TunisSidi Hassine15000000.0%
TunisSijoumi0000000.0%
TunisUnknown2000000.0%
TunisBardo0000000.0%
TunisBouhaira1000000.0%
TunisCarthage91000111.1%
TunisCité El Khadra0000000.0%
TunisEl Menzah1000000.0%
TunisEl Ouardia8000000.0%
TunisEl Tahrir0000000.0%
ZaghouanBir Mchergua5091211870020039.3%
ZaghouanFahs5,641298339614367.7%
ZaghouanNadhour88881113012113.6%
ZaghouanSaouaf71320057.0%
ZaghouanZaghouan2,2231683626863.9%
ZaghouanZriba1,012225111757.4%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Ben Arous0000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Mornag2,07714663251085.2%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Nouvelle Médina0000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Radès59311058.5%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Boumhel58000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)El Mourouj0000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Ezzahra2000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Fouchana1000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Hammam Chott278200031.1%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Hammam Lif2642180114.2%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)M'Hamdia0000000.0%
Ben Arous (Tunis Sud)Mégrine1000000.0%
BizerteBizerte Nord631891022507.9%
BizerteMenzel Jemil2,4272119155602.5%
BizerteRas Jebel47661048285.9%
BizerteSejnane20,3972315821,0023,3045,11925.1%
BizerteTinja245000000.0%
BizerteUtique22932122145925.8%
BizerteBizerte Sud9,3452072682,7257313,93042.1%
BizerteEl Alia395392714110.4%
BizerteGhar El Melh475123617127616.0%
BizerteGhazala7,6523510242229985711.2%
BizerteJoumine1,3643874816425818.9%
BizerteLake Ichkeul1,076000000.0%
BizerteMateur9894123923798.0%
BizerteMenzel Bourguiba87212289.2%
GabèsGabès Médina0000000.0%
GabèsMetouia0000000.0%
GabèsGabès Ouest0000000.0%
GabèsGabès Sud0000000.0%
GabèsGhannouch0000000.0%
GabèsHamma0000000.0%
GabèsMareth0000000.0%
GabèsMatmata0000000.0%
GabèsMatmata Nouvelle0000000.0%
GabèsMenzel Habib0000000.0%
GafsaBelkhir0000000.0%
GafsaSened0000000.0%
GafsaSidi Aich0000000.0%
GafsaGafsa Nord0000000.0%
GafsaGafsa Sud0000000.0%
GafsaGuetar0000000.0%
GafsaKsar0000000.0%
GafsaMdhilla0000000.0%
GafsaMetlaoui0000000.0%
GafsaOum Larais0000000.0%
GafsaRedeyef0000000.0%
JendoubaAïn Draham28,6222542162231,4052,0987.3%
JendoubaBalta Bou Aouane1,32834433443.3%
JendoubaBousalem107152101715.9%
JendoubaFernana7,0279248694776879.8%
JendoubaGhardimaou13,5521322162525891,1898.8%
JendoubaJendouba Nord2,13117224701135.3%
JendoubaJendouba Sud0000000.0%
JendoubaOued Mliz6976663202.9%
JendoubaTabarka19,2441632462543971,0605.5%
KairouanAlaa15100016.7%
KairouanOueslatia2,018292358101195.9%
KairouanSbikha12000118.3%
KairouanBouhajla0000000.0%
KairouanChebika0000000.0%
KairouanChrarda0000000.0%
KairouanHaffouz6000000.0%
KairouanHajeb El Ayoun1000000.0%
KairouanKairouan Nord0000000.0%
KairouanKairouan Sud0000000.0%
KairouanNasrallah1000000.0%
KassérineAyoun766282115466.0%
KassérineMajel Belabbes0000000.0%
KassérineSbeitla891105196910311.6%
KassérineSbiba341000110.3%
KassérineThala1,52700096976.4%
KassérineEzzouhour0000000.0%
KassérineFeriana49000124.1%
KassérineFoussana49410017183.6%
KassérineHassi El Ferid1000000.0%
KassérineHidra1,20042050574.8%
KassérineJedeliane31820320247.5%
KassérineKasserine Nord137100010.7%
ArianaAriana Médina131110323.1%


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2019 forest data for Tunisia | Archived forest data for Tunisia | Forest data for Tunisia

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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