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Global forest cover in 2000, listed by country

These figures are derived from data provided in "Forest Resources Assessment 2005" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

A negative number for "Annual change" and/or "total change" reflects deforestation. A positive number in these columns suggests that forest is regrowing or, more likely, plantations are being established. "n/a" means data is not available, "n.s." means "not significant" (i.e. near 0).

More detailed figures for specific countries can be found at Country by Country Deforestation Rates.

Data can be sorted by clicking on the header title.

Country / RegionForest cover 1990Forest cover 2000Forest cover 2005Change in forest cover 1990-2000Change in forest cover 2000-2005
1000 ha1000 ha1000 ha1000 ha/yr1000 ha/yr
Total World4,077,4983,988,6493,952,063-8,885-7,317
Total Europe989,320998,0911,001,394877661
Total South America891,036852,796831,540-3,824-4,251
Russian Federation808,950809,268808,79032-96
Total North and Central America710,790707,514705,849-328-333
Total North America677,801677,971677,46417-101
Total Africa699,361655,613635,412-4,375-4,040
Total Asia574,477566,601571,615-7881003
Brazil520,027493,213477,698-2,681-3,103
Canada310,134310,134310,13400
United States of America298,648302,294303,089365159
Total South and Southeast Asia323,156297,380283,127-2,578-2,851
Total Western and Central Africa300,914284,608277,829-1,631-1,356
Total Eastern and Southern Africa252,354235,047226,534-1,731-1,702
Total East Asia208,155225,663244,8621,7513,840
Total Oceania212,514208,034206,254-448-356
China157,141177,001197,2901,9864,058
Australia167,904164,645163,678-326-193
Total Northern Africa146,093135,958131,048-1,013-982
Democratic Republic of the Congo140,531135,207133,610-532-319
Indonesia116,56797,85288,495-1,872-1,871
Sudan76,38170,49167,546-589-589
Peru70,15669,21368,742-94-94
India63,93967,55467,70136229
Mexico69,01665,54064,238-348-260
Colombia61,43960,96360,728-48-47
Bolivia62,79560,09158,740-270-270
Angola60,97659,72859,104-125-125
Venezuela52,02649,15147,713-288-288
Zambia49,12444,67642,452-445-445
Total Western and Central Asia43,16643,55843,6263914
Tanzania41,44137,31835,257-412-412
Myanmar39,21934,55432,222-466-466
Argentina35,26233,77033,021-149-150
Papua New Guinea31,52330,13229,437-139-139
Sweden27,36727,47427,5281111
Japan24,95024,87624,868-7-2
Total Central America27,63923,83722,411-380-285
Central African Republic23,20322,90322,755-30-30
Congo22,72622,55622,471-17-17
Finland22,19422,47522,500285
Cameroon24,54522,34521,245-220-220
Gabon21,92721,82621,775-10-10
Malaysia22,37621,59120,890-78-140
Mozambique20,01219,51219,262-50-50
Paraguay21,15719,36818,475-179-179
Zimbabwe22,23419,10517,540-313-313
Lao PDR17,31416,53216,142-78-78
Spain13,47916,43617,915296296
Chile15,26315,83416,1215757
France14,53815,35115,5548141
Guyana15,10415,10415,104n.s.0
Thailand15,96514,81414,520-115-59
Suriname14,77614,77614,77600
Ethiopia15,11413,70513,000-141-141
Nigeria17,23413,13711,089-410-410
Mali14,07213,07212,572-100-100
Madagascar13,69213,02312,838-67-37
Botswana13,71812,53511,943-118-118
Chad13,11012,31711,921-79-79
Ecuador13,81711,84110,853-198-198
Viet Nam9,36311,72512,931236241
Cambodia12,94611,54110,447-140-219
Germany10,74111,07611,076340
Iran11,07511,07511,07500
Mongolia11,49210,66510,252-83-83
Côte d'Ivoire10,22210,32810,4051115
Turkey9,68010,05210,1753725
Ukraine9,2749,5109,5752413
Italy8,3839,4479,979106106
Norway9,1309,3019,3871717
South Africa9,2039,2039,20300
Poland8,8819,0599,1921827
Senegal9,3488,8988,673-45-45
New Zealand7,7208,2268,3095117
French Guiana8,0918,0638,063-30
Namibia8,7628,0337,661-73-74
Philippines10,5747,9497,162-262-157
Belarus7,3767,8487,894479
Somalia8,2827,5157,131-77-77
Burkina Faso7,1546,9146,794-24-24
Guinea7,4086,9046,724-50-36
North Korea8,2016,8216,187-138-127
Romania6,3716,3666,37001
South Korea6,3716,3006,265-7-7
Ghana7,4486,0945,517-135-115
Total Caribbean5,3505,7065,9743654
Nicaragua6,5385,5395,189-100-70
Honduras7,3855,4304,648-196-156
Morocco4,2894,3284,36447
Panama4,3764,3074,294-7-3
Guatemala4,7484,2083,938-54-54
Turkmenistan4,1274,1274,12700
Uganda4,9244,0593,627-86-86
Nepal4,8173,9003,636-92-53
Austria3,7763,8383,86265
Greece3,2993,6013,7523030
Portugal3,0993,5833,7834840
Kenya3,7083,5823,522-13-12
Malawi3,8963,5673,402-33-33
Liberia4,0583,4553,154-60-60
Bulgaria3,3273,3753,625550
Kazakhstan3,4223,3653,337-6-6
Uzbekistan3,0453,2123,2951717
Bhutan3,0353,1413,1951111
Latvia2,7752,8852,9411111
Sierra Leone3,0442,8512,754-19-19
United Kingdom2,6112,7932,8451810
Georgia2,7602,7602,760n.s.n.s.
Saudi Arabia2,7282,7282,72800
Benin3,3222,6752,351-65-65
Serbia and Montenegro2,5592,6492,69499
Czech Republic2,6302,6372,64812
Cuba2,0582,4352,7133856
Costa Rica2,5642,3762,391-193
Solomon Islands2,7682,3712,172-40-40
Estonia2,1632,2432,28488
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,2102,1852,185-20
Algeria1,7902,1442,2773527
Croatia2,1162,1292,13511
Guinea-Bissau2,2162,1202,072-10-10
Pakistan2,5272,1161,902-41-43
Sri Lanka2,3502,0821,933-27-30
Lithuania1,9452,0202,099816
Slovakia1,9221,9211,929n.s.2
Hungary1,8011,9071,9761114
Equatorial Guinea1,8601,7081,632-15-15
Belize1,6531,6531,65300
Eritrea1,6211,5761,554-4-4
Uruguay1,1231,4091,5062919
Dominican Republic1,3761,3761,37600
Niger1,9451,3281,266-62-12
Slovenia1,1881,2391,26455
Switzerland1,1551,1991,22144
Afghanistan1,3091,015867-29-30
Western Sahara1,0111,0111,01100
Fiji9791,0001,00020
Tunisia6439591,0563219
Azerbaijan93693693600
Macedonia90690690600
Bangladesh882884871n.s.-2
Kyrgyzstan83685886922
Timor-Leste966854798-11-11
Iraq80481882211
Albania789769794-25
New Caledonia71771771700
Belgium677667667-10
Ireland4416096691712
Yemen54954954900
Swaziland47251854155
Bahamas51551551500
Togo685486386-20-20
Denmark44548650043
Gambia44246147122
Vanuatu44044044000
Syrian Arab Republic37243246166
Tajikistan408410410n.s.0
Puerto Rico404407408n.s.n.s.
Netherlands34536036521
Armenia3363443211-5
Rwanda318344480327
Jamaica345341339n.s.n.s.
Republic of Moldova31932632911
El Salvador375324298-5-5
Mauritania415317267-10-10
United Arab Emirates2453103126n.s.
Brunei Darussalam313288278-2-2
Trinidad and Tobago235228226-1n.s.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya21721721700
Burundi289198152-9-9
Cyprus1611731741n.s.
Samoa13017117140
Israel15416417111
Lebanon12113113611
Haiti116109105-1-1
French Polynesia10510510500
Réunion878784n.s.-1
Luxembourg868787n.s.0
Jordan83838300
Cape Verde5882842n.s.
Guadeloupe848180n.s.n.s.
Micronesia, Federated States of63636300
Egypt44596722
Dominica504746n.s.n.s.
Martinique46464600
Seychelles40404000
Palau384040n.s.n.s.
Mauritius393837n.s.n.s.
Iceland25384612
Northern Mariana Islands353433n.s.n.s.
Turks and Caicos Islands34343400
Sao Tome and Principe27272700
Guam262626n.s.0
American Samoa181818n.s.n.s.
Saint Lucia17171700
Andorra16161600
Cook Islands151616n.s.0
Niue171514n.s.n.s.
Cayman Islands12121200
United States Virgin Islands121010n.s.n.s.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines91011n.s.n.s.
Antigua and Barbuda99900
Palestine, Occupied Territories99900
Comoros1285n.s.-1
Liechtenstein677n.s.0
Lesotho578n.s.n.s.
Anguilla66600
Djibouti66600
Mayotte665n.s.n.s.
Wallis and Futuna Islands655n.s.n.s.
Saint Kitts and Nevis55500
Kuwait356n.s.n.s.
British Virgin Islands444n.s.n.s.
Grenada444n.s.0
Montserrat44400
Pitcairn44400
Tonga44400
British Indian Ocean Territory33300
Isle of Man33300
Saint Pierre and Miquelon33300
Barbados22200
Kiribati22200
Oman22200
Saint Helena22200
Singapore22200
Bermuda11100
Channel Islands11100
Maldives11100
Netherlands Antilles11100
Tuvalu11100
Falkland Islands00000
Gibraltar00000
Holy See00000
Monaco00000
Nauru00000
South Georgia - S. Sandwich Islands00000
Tokelau00000
Aruban.s.n.s.n.s.00
Bahrainn.s.n.s.n.s.n.s.n.s.
Faeroe Islandsn.s.n.s.n.s.00
Greenlandn.s.n.s.n.s.00
Maltan.s.n.s.n.s.00
Qatarn.s.n.s.n.s.00
San Marinon.s.n.s.n.s.00
Marshall Islands-----


These figures are derived from data provided in "Forest Resources Assessment 2005" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

A negative number for "Annual change" and/or "total change" reflects deforestation. A positive number in these columns suggests that forest is regrowing or, more likely, plantations are being established. "n/a" means data is not available, "n.s." means "not significant" (i.e. near 0).

More detailed figures for specific countries can be found at Country by Country Deforestation Rates.

Data can be sorted by clicking on the header title.

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