Deforestation statistics for Viet Nam



Total land area: Vietnam

Total land areaha
Land area33,079,948
Tree cover in 201814,508,061

 

Forest and tree cover extent: Vietnam

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Vietnam. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200016,612,785
20016,731,719
20106,474,02916,433,061
20186,105,90914,508,061
Primary/Total tree cover
2018
42%
Tree cover/Total land area
2018
43.9%

 

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Vietnam

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Vietnam by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200147,578
200211,03049,729
20039,52243,100
200421,11374,109
200527,77974,109
200620,13878,977
200722,28280,456
200834,399108,581
200946,798138,110
201064,629174,731
201145,403131,150
201268,337181,746
201326,715132,770
201441,831217,924
201538,582218,531
201668,855354,505
201745,012287,827
201833,386225,816
Primary loss 2002-2018625,810
Tree cover loss
2001-2018
2,572,171
Primary loss/
Total tree cover loss
24.3%
Percent loss
2001-2018
9.3%
Loss/year
(2001/2-2010)
28,632.30 86,948
Loss/year
(2011-2018)
46,014.95 218,784

 

Biodiversity data: Vietnam

Species count by taxa for Vietnam. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).
Animal / plant groupSpecies count
Birds835
Amphibians244
Reptiles479
Fishes2421
Mammals287
Vascular plants10500

 

Conservation data: Vietnam

Data on threatened species in Vietnam as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.
TaxaSpecies count
Threatened mammals (2018)56
Threatened birds (2018)52
Threatened fishes (2018)83
Threatened higher plants (2018)231

 

Protected areas data: Vietnam

Data on threatened species in Vietnam as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
Protected areas (2017)Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas,
% of total land area
7.6
Marine protected areas,
% of territorial waters

 

Tree cover loss data for Viet Nam

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
loss 2001-2018
(ha)
% tree
cover loss
since 2000
Avg tree cover
loss/year
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2001-2010
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2011-2018
(ha)
10330799481821358655.10%1822038355.10%1632460549.30%281443715.50%15635891866236972
15330799481760220553.20%1746442852.80%1561421247.20%276211415.70%15345191190231277
20330799481730351552.30%1722385152.10%1540635446.60%272437715.70%15135490688227187
25330799481704871951.50%1686194951.00%1506821945.60%269613315.80%14978590240224216
30330799481661278550.20%1643306149.70%1468279244.40%264813315.90%14711989786218784
50330799481481478444.80%1428050643.20%1273230538.50%239695316.20%13316484875193525
75330799481071944732.40%964878629.20%865271226.20%165432015.40%9190765825124509

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Viet Nam

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Biomass
loss 2001-18
(Mt)
Avg biomass
loss/year
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
(Mt)
1033079948182135861822038367302028315439970533022205999732799555407111
1533079948176022051746442866143370245379396262988553598622276854790154
2033079948173035151722385165555885095334661752963701097802141854334523
2533079948170487191686194965038910315301047832945026697185888753992160
3033079948166127851643306164120011625242308392912393696108994353393886
5033079948148147841428050659909693494901905272723280789868260249926811
753307994810719447964878647215955783636571532020317566670481737039157

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Viet Nam

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
% cover
in 2018
Loss
2001-2018
(ha)
% loss
since 2000
Avg loss/year
since 2000
(ha)
Loss 2001-2010
(ha)
loss
between
2000-2010
Avg loss/year 2001-2010
(ha)
Loss 2011-2018
(ha)
loss
between
2011-2018
Avg loss/year 2011-2018
(ha)
An Giang3541193858231882314159%14154%799482%954671%58
Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu19170156906539144799425%1067519%59347558%476592011%740
Bình Dương270898978541220627935429%6356565%3,5312085721%2,0864270835%5,339
Bình Phước68974337128635689231352545%8987024%4,9934650313%4,6504336712%5,421
Bình Thuận79675528330627319126196933%4593116%2,5523470912%3,471112224%1,403
Bình Định60913536677035750029774349%8171222%4,540219556%2,1965975717%7,470
Bạc Liêu249239736123563234529%3264%182153%221110%14
Bắc Giang39135912363413223010079026%3865831%2,14872186%7223144024%3,930
Bắc Kạn48820141563540707438144778%332198%1,84675922%759256276%3,203
Bắc Ninh83018268115111511%187%1187%200%-
Bến Tre23530733743636226349727%1881%10630%61250%16
Cao Bằng67290046154443454242723863%131623%73158581%58673042%913
Cà Mau51882678239776426567613%1438218%79924163%2421196615%1,496
Cần Thơ1450291001413238131929%2472%142012%20460%6
Gia Lai155668672311466789959033038%13937019%7,743618019%6,1807756912%9,696
Hoà Bình46036627620727416124129452%4129315%2,29484263%8433286712%4,108
Hà Giang79521146220741157439530950%257046%1,42894392%944162654%2,033
Hà Nam870035482442342075%3116%17952%102165%27
Hà Nội3388851724527498266338%14568%815913%598653%108
Hà Tĩnh60108634064034439528548347%7968123%4,427207696%2,0775891217%7,364
Hưng Yên936251277537531%1512%11512%200%-
Hải Dương168612623410790104006%60010%332103%213904%49
Hải Phòng14203115974171741707712%3052%172081%21971%12
Hậu Giang16340427321447474448727%5322%302721%272601%33
Hồ Chí Minh21274042937483954652922%23235%1294571%4618664%233
Khánh Hòa48643629375829517826464654%4321515%2,401126834%1,2683053210%3,817
Kiên Giang6320618686811411310933617%70378%39122603%22647774%597
Kon Tum96844174885768630859657062%15504921%8,614653119%6,5318973813%11,217
Lai Châu90889056078756471054867160%234674%1,30474281%743160393%2,005
Long An45136360961717366855515%56839%31625024%25031814%398
Lào Cai63825732690829773229042546%153015%85079942%79973072%913
Lâm Đồng98256972030467780463771965%8203611%4,558419516%4,195400856%5,011
Lạng Sơn83361657478357202653555664%516999%2,872152293%1,523364706%4,559
Nam Định1601422446345734482%823%5733%790%1
Nghệ An16534211089736107067993537257%17165216%9,536363453%3,63513530713%16,913
Ninh Bình13551924361225222163616%13556%754692%478864%111
Ninh Thuận33760313821714056013608540%109988%61165235%65244753%559
Phú Thọ35595514167615806212863036%3563725%1,98062054%6212943219%3,679
Phú Yên50516725499925637920467541%6893027%3,829172267%1,7235170420%6,463
Quảng Bình80006960615860211954449768%7300212%4,056153803%1,5385762210%7,203
Quảng Nam106132481375581650368105864%16602520%9,224305804%3,05813544517%16,931
Quảng Ngãi51910232292231697722478343%12093837%6,719287449%2,8749219429%11,524
Quảng Ninh60424234057233414826247043%9268027%5,149210026%2,1007167821%8,960
Quảng Trị46341831269730358623936252%9057929%5,032263558%2,6366422421%8,028
Sóc Trăng33019821199611706015718%14517%814382%4410132%127
Sơn La141582583307573438269566749%10516913%5,843664548%6,645387155%4,839
Thanh Hóa111619361530560100154030148%7691212%4,273162123%1,6216070010%7,588
Thái Bình1624422680386338542%1094%61004%1090%1
Thái Nguyên35408818666619475415267543%4906226%2,72669834%6984207922%5,260
Thừa Thiên Huế50480533584934380129820359%5555217%3,08699543%9954559813%5,700
Tiền Giang24220533665560135564123%5722%322001%203721%47
Trà Vinh23416614775316543154013%2982%171841%181140%14
Tuyên Quang58895238991537055032006054%6937518%3,854188855%1,8895049014%6,311
Tây Ninh4057328279112887111648129%1522118%84628313%2831239010%1,549
Vĩnh Long15368316733257752569917%2211%121451%15760%10
Vĩnh Phúc12425421520246122277618%258412%1447483%7518367%230
Yên Bái69136543773543452840941859%396589%2,203145483%1,455251106%3,139
Điện Biên95335960727157293152324155%8125713%4,514315675%3,157496909%6,211
Đà Nẵng9895662187656915843959%1158319%64443317%433725211%907
Đắk Lắk130732254696158718653862541%9444217%5,247458818%4,588485618%6,070
Đắk Nông65324442587438378933572651%11444727%6,3586638416%6,6384806313%6,008
Đồng Nai58909226148526088924371141%2844311%1,580112654%1,127171787%2,147
Đồng Tháp34059333704466904613914%14544%819033%905511%69

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Viet Nam

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2011-18 (Mt)
An Giang35411938582318826369759325818181012325411659
Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu1917015690653914172965963359260186626151605230402
Bình Dương27089897854122062364442142481621713786798108402088477
Bình Phước68974337128635689212943632134874742193748619139131966951
Bình Thuận796755283306273191109852875156816048712001177333488534
Bình Định6091353667703575001506859272779233815440197871572490096
Bạc Liêu24923973612356389836744629247928592004
Bắc Giang39135912363413223044930415135029967501662788691339288
Bắc Kạn488201415635407074151681104118749506597193013081107734
Bắc Ninh83018268115153325499527848419
Bến Tre2353073374363622463333330899171711252456
Cao Bằng6729004615444345421609989804696763260931228630301308
Cà Mau518826782397764210726767197677810982136647201289
Cần Thơ145029100141323813134584069922613289977
Gia Lai155668672311466789932341413158275968323755426257864002264
Hoà Bình46036627620727416198017592131929527329423040501269057
Hà Giang7952114622074115741680633918989386499410375530654261
Hà Nam87003548244231827988100005555632878393
Hà Nội33888517245274985570785488324271292329631920
Hà Tĩnh6010863406403443951407189002858706215881707981202575733
Hưng Yên9362512775326138429523941715
Hải Dương16861262341079018264981793719965600514915
Hải Phòng1420311597417174484647476350424252732952
Hậu Giang1634042732144747357135278835438041504667
Hồ Chí Minh2127404293748395881633277281242934969484484
Khánh Hòa486436293758295178123636766144443268024634656271223507
Kiên Giang632061868681141132211453715711178728452096131270
Kon Tum96844174885768630836951783271153445395296929108855255574
Lai Châu9088905607875647102079492117806787433710278806627340
Long An45136360961717368041691755182419553382452118
Lào Cai6382573269082977321264927375701138316730335873292802
Lâm Đồng98256972030467780429610157033267114184817317289561997194
Lạng Sơn8336165747835720262069588961912444310624696374061593797
Nam Định16014224463457351815167869331480249
Nghệ An16534211089736107067944673434859701654331675913621845759977
Ninh Bình13551924361225228822649422870234931578733126
Ninh Thuận337603138217140560557469973948169219343237395196778
Phú Thọ35595514167615806245311234108618166034342200301082690
Phú Yên505167254999256379991064452307413412818965763462163834
Quảng Bình8000696061586021192516679682426523513480695364542362587
Quảng Nam106132481375581650335549143659373144329850811907545933200
Quảng Ngãi51910232292231697712549757442201989234455510838003920499
Quảng Ninh6042423405723341481141355983073297717073887725982875874
Quảng Trị4634183126973035861158870873044048316911389088112669047
Sóc Trăng3301982119961170295795820437911354659217307
Sơn La141582583307573438230505392237330224207390124357771621557
Thanh Hóa11161936153056010012238846672530076514055985672782453499
Thái Bình162442268038633362661889610501714220
Thái Nguyên35408818666619475465521798163625339090302683051709936
Thừa Thiên Huế5048053358493438011472431741948626510825703727501969846
Tiền Giang2422053366556013418856875572419829375775
Trà Vinh2341661477531654213602847573264330122181
Tuyên Quang5889523899153705501407141202342066813011486998292052797
Tây Ninh4057328279112887127577910546511130361790154570447
Vĩnh Long1536831673325775223778237327207425311502
Vĩnh Phúc12425421520246128464468853407474122954469746
Yên Bái69136543773543452816101857512754721708596529438932543
Điện Biên95335960727157293122608630828186103156589511440252093232
Đà Nẵng989566218765691279185164198612233256165521317925
Đắk Lắk130732254696158718622318270338635632214642418749772485733
Đắk Nông65324442587438378917892773849959651277553629295062583074
Đồng Nai589092261485260889983519589910347550575399522739391
Đồng Tháp3405933370446690461129021130011739136769318

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Viet Nam

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Avg biomass
per ha
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2011-18 (Mt)
An Giang35411938582318823474415901777239874126846360
Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu19170156906539149434508166183232310179682693125674
Bình Dương2708989785412206219878663203135361147520064422771139169
Bình Phước6897433712863568927060162819019022588105681010439521072883
Bình Thuận796755283306273191599197502128553606475200642182266474
Bình Định60913536677035750082192323224151594688421934293591358235
Bạc Liêu2492397361235634900186724341135215601093
Bắc Giang391359123634132230245075001987365269409182152110730521
Bắc Kạn488201415635407074827351471996477247359847164350604219
Bắc Ninh83018268115129087109272215126410
Bến Tre2353073374363622252727275168509366131340
Cao Bằng672900461544434542878176281902561866142326124707164350
Cà Mau518826782397764258509637510782455990319989109794
Cần Thơ1450291001413238716431722219712331794533
Gia Lai155668672311466789917640770624431786891176593814322472183053
Hoà Bình460366276207274161534641411947196150399786165845692213
Hà Giang795211462207411574916709411984903306272406204835356870
Hà Nam870035482442399708518254552303117934578
Hà Nội33888517245274983038612176266356147981270717411
Hà Tĩnh60108634064034439576755764225155929418662754353381404946
Hưng Yên936251277531425511323421302288
Hải Dương16861262341079099627116097840543632768136
Hải Phòng1420311597417174264353016541647231428761611
Hậu Giang163404273214474719480117142999238922642546
Hồ Chí Minh2127404293748395480890711242153223418528846082
Khánh Hòa486436293758295178674382362307878724437707253979667367
Kiên Giang6320618686811411312062473139856978476102841671602
Kon Tum96844174885768630820155518126938810982215616615877562866678
Lai Châu9088905607875647101134268422024258255236570152077342186
Long An4513636096171736438637772411918228841844928428
Lào Cai638257326908297732689960392113109720172762183204159710
Lâm Đồng9825697203046778041615099472241814569210080949430671089378
Lạng Sơn83361657478357202611288667019610431515579529347677869344
Nam Định16014224463457191899799154509807136
Nghệ An1653421108973610706792436732832243256453018091417430093141805
Ninh Bình1355192436122522481235319823065112814861118068
Ninh Thuận337603138217140560304074542202153540119641129487107334
Phú Thọ355955141676158062247152191745924624329146120016590558
Phú Yên50516725499925637954058061212125858916992163143711180273
Quảng Bình800069606158602119137273436226132355847353102926111288685
Quảng Nam10613248137558165031939044202383238534817991866495033236290
Quảng Ngãi519102322922316977684532222122301927112788485911642138454
Quảng Ninh60424234057233414862255780183167634409313024214171568659
Quảng Trị46341831269730358663211139202166039119224404957161455844
Sóc Trăng3301982119961170161343376111480619335969440
Sơn La14158258330757343821663930462002036193611312191328605884486
Thanh Hóa1116193615305601001122118911198138004077666893094231338272
Thái Bình162442268038631834196810302572935120
Thái Nguyên354088186666194754357391631918925015495834146348932692
Thừa Thiên Huế50480533584934380180314457239106288735904932033181074462
Tiền Giang242205336655601322846746841219229016023150
Trà Vinh234166147753165411651087925944144116431190
Tuyên Quang58895238991537055076753157197127749147097173817251119708
Tây Ninh4057328279112887115042498182298097316561049175311153
Vĩnh Long15368316733257751220609732035711311380820
Vĩnh Phúc12425421520246124616984214465491258611611538043
Yên Bái691365437735434528878283142016957120386507288784508660
Điện Biên953359607271572931123319807203153742358541246240131141763
Đà Nẵng98956621876569115228282245229015012723190284173414
Đắk Lắk130732254696158718612173601822221073972117077610227141355854
Đắk Nông6532444258743837899759694822927250713151392915979121408950
Đồng Nai589092261485260889536465232055405640300313217921403304
Đồng Tháp3405933370446690251525075115255640374605083

 

 

Archived forest data for Viet Nam | Forest data for Viet Nam

 

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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