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Imperiled Riches - Threatened Rainforests
Percent tropical forest loss, 1990-2005
Forest cover statistics for 62 countries that have some type of wet tropical forest. All countries, including temperate and arid regions.
Sorted by highest percent total forest loss between 1990 and 2005 (shown as a percentage of 1990 forest cover). To sort by other columns, click on the appropriate header column.
| Region | Total land | Total forest cover | Primary forest cover |
| Area | Area, 2005 | Area, 2005 | Annual change
1990-2005 | Total change
1990-2005 | Annual Change
1990-2000 | Annual Change
2000-2005 | Area, 2005 | Area, 2005 | Annual change
1990-2005 | Total change
1990-2005 | Annual Change
1990-2000 | Annual Change
2000-2005 |
| Country | (1000 ha) | (1000 ha) | % | ha | % | % | % | (1000 ha) | % | ha | % | % | % |
| Burundi | 2,783 | 152 | 5.9 | -9133 | -47.4 | -3.15 | -4.65 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Togo | 5,679 | 386 | 7.1 | -19933 | -43.6 | -2.91 | -4.12 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Honduras | 11,209 | 4,648 | 41.5 | -182467 | -37.1 | -2.65 | -2.88 | 1,512 | 13.5 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Nigeria | 92,377 | 11,089 | 12.2 | -409667 | -35.7 | -2.38 | -3.12 | 326 | 0.4 | -82000 | -79.0 | -0.60 | -0.67 |
| Philippines | 30,000 | 7,162 | 24 | -227467 | -32.3 | -2.48 | -1.98 | 829 | 2.8 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Benin | 11,262 | 2,351 | 21.3 | -64733 | -29.2 | -1.95 | -2.42 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Uganda | 24,104 | 3,627 | 18.4 | -86467 | -26.3 | -1.76 | -2.13 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ghana | 23,854 | 5,517 | 24.2 | -128733 | -25.9 | -1.82 | -1.89 | 353 | 1.5 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Indonesia | 190,457 | 88,495 | 48.8 | -1871467 | -24.1 | -1.61 | -1.91 | 48,702 | 25.6 | -1447800 | -30.8 | -2.33 | -3.05 |
| Liberia | 11,137 | 3,154 | 32.7 | -60267 | -22.3 | -1.49 | -1.74 | 129 | 1.2 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Ecuador | 28,356 | 10,853 | 39.2 | -197600 | -21.5 | -1.43 | -1.67 | 4,794 | 16.9 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Solomon Islands | 2,890 | 2,172 | 77.6 | -39733 | -21.5 | -1.43 | -1.68 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zimbabwe | 39,075 | 17,540 | 45.3 | -312933 | -21.1 | -1.41 | -1.64 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nicaragua | 13,000 | 5,189 | 42.7 | -89933 | -20.6 | -1.53 | -1.26 | 1,849 | 14.2 | n/a | 0.0 | -1.0 | -1.1 |
| El Salvador | 2,104 | 298 | 14.4 | -5133 | -20.5 | -1.36 | -1.60 | 6 | 0.3 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Cambodia | 18,104 | 10,447 | 59.2 | -166600 | -19.3 | -1.09 | -1.90 | 322 | 1.8 | -29600 | -58.0 | -2.06 | -2.59 |
| Myanmar | 67,658 | 32,222 | 49 | -466467 | -17.8 | -1.19 | -1.35 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sri Lanka | 6,561 | 1,933 | 29.9 | -27800 | -17.7 | -1.14 | -1.43 | 167 | 2.5 | -6000 | -35.0 | -5.13 | -10.91 |
| Guatemala | 10,889 | 3,938 | 36.3 | -54000 | -17.1 | -1.14 | -1.28 | 1,957 | 18.0 | -26800 | -17.0 | -1.26 | -1.33 |
| Tanzania | 94,509 | 35,257 | 39.9 | -412267 | -14.9 | -0.99 | -1.10 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zambia | 75,261 | 42,452 | 57.1 | -444800 | -13.6 | -0.91 | -1.00 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cameroon | 47,544 | 21,245 | 45.6 | -220000 | -13.4 | -0.90 | -0.98 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Malawi | 11,848 | 3,402 | 36.2 | -32933 | -12.7 | -0.84 | -0.93 | 1,132 | 9.6 | -39667 | -34.5 | n/a | n/a |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2,805 | 1,632 | 58.2 | -15200 | -12.3 | -0.82 | -0.89 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brunei | 577 | 278 | 52.8 | -2333 | -11.2 | -0.80 | -0.69 | 278 | 48.2 | -2333 | -11.2 | -4.05 | -5.88 |
| Sierra Leone | 7,174 | 2,754 | 38.5 | -19333 | -9.5 | -0.63 | -0.68 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guinea | 24,586 | 6,724 | 27.4 | -45600 | -9.2 | -0.68 | -0.52 | 63 | 0.3 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Thailand | 51,312 | 14,520 | 28.4 | -96333 | -9.1 | -0.72 | -0.40 | 6,451 | 12.6 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | -0.7 |
| Chad | 128,400 | 11,921 | 9.5 | -79267 | -9.1 | -0.60 | -0.64 | 190 | 0.1 | -1267 | -9.1 | n/a | n/a |
| Venezuela | 91,205 | 47,713 | 54.1 | -287533 | -8.3 | -0.55 | -0.59 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | | |
| Brazil | 851,488 | 477,698 | 57.2 | -2821933 | -8.1 | -0.52 | -0.63 | 415,890 | 48.8 | -2974867 | -9.7 | -0.09 | -0.11 |
| Dominica | 75 | 46 | 61.3 | -267 | -8.0 | -0.60 | -0.43 | 27 | 36.0 | n/a | -3.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Senegal | 19,672 | 8,673 | 45 | -45000 | -7.2 | -0.48 | -0.51 | 1,598 | 8.1 | -10733 | -9.2 | -0.80 | -0.69 |
| Mexico | 195,820 | 64,238 | 33.7 | -318533 | -6.9 | -0.50 | -0.40 | 32,850 | 16.8 | n/a | -15.3 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Laos | 23,680 | 16,142 | 69.9 | -78133 | -6.8 | -0.45 | -0.47 | 1,490 | 6.3 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Costa Rica | 5,110 | 2,391 | 46.8 | -11533 | -6.7 | -0.73 | 0.13 | 180 | 3.5 | n/a | -29.4 | n/a | n/a |
| Papua New Guinea | 46,284 | 29,437 | 65 | -139067 | -6.6 | -0.44 | -0.46 | 25,211 | 54.5 | -266600 | -13.7 | -0.43 | -0.45 |
| Malaysia | 32,975 | 20,890 | 63.6 | -99067 | -6.6 | -0.35 | -0.65 | 3,820 | 11.6 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Bolivia | 109,858 | 58,740 | 54.2 | -270333 | -6.5 | -0.43 | -0.45 | 29,360 | 26.7 | -135200 | -6.5 | -0.59 | -0.80 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3,612 | 2,072 | 73.7 | -9600 | -6.5 | -0.43 | -0.45 | 940 | 26.0 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Madagascar | 58,704 | 12,838 | 22.1 | -56933 | -6.2 | -0.49 | -0.28 | 10,347 | 17.6 | -10400 | -1.5 | -0.07 | -0.07 |
| Burkina Faso | 27,400 | 6,794 | 29 | -24000 | -5.0 | -0.34 | -0.35 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | -0.62 | -0.61 |
| Kenya | 58,037 | 3,522 | 6.2 | -12400 | -5.0 | -0.34 | -0.34 | 704 | 1.2 | -2533 | -5.1 | -2.30 | -2.98 |
| D.R. Congo | 234,486 | 133,610 | 58.9 | -461400 | -4.9 | -0.38 | -0.24 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Angola | 124,670 | 59,104 | 47.4 | -124800 | -3.1 | -0.20 | -0.21 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | -0.12 | -0.07 |
| Peru | 128,522 | 68,742 | 53.7 | -94267 | -2.0 | -0.13 | -0.14 | 61,065 | 47.5 | -123000 | -2.9 | -0.35 | -0.34 |
| Central African Republic | 62,298 | 22,755 | 36.5 | -29867 | -1.9 | -0.13 | -0.13 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Panama | 7,552 | 4,294 | 57.7 | -5467 | -1.9 | -0.16 | -0.06 | 3,023 | 40.0 | -45533 | -18.4 | -0.94 | -0.95 |
| Colombia | 113,891 | 60,728 | 58.5 | -47400 | -1.2 | -0.08 | -0.08 | 53,062 | 46.6 | -52800 | -1.5 | -0.19 | -0.15 |
| Congo | 34,200 | 22,471 | 65.8 | -17000 | -1.1 | -0.07 | -0.08 | 7,464 | 21.8 | -5600 | -1.1 | -5.27 | -11.14 |
| Gabon | 26,767 | 21,775 | 84.5 | -10133 | -0.7 | -0.05 | -0.05 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| French Guiana | 9,000 | 8,063 | 91.8 | -1867 | -0.3 | -0.03 | 0.00 | 7,701 | 85.6 | -13867 | -2.6 | -0.11 | -0.36 |
| Guyana | 21,497 | 15,104 | 76.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9,314 | 43.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Suriname | 16,327 | 14,776 | 94.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14,214 | 87.1 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Belize | 2,296 | 1,653 | 72.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 612 | 26.7 | n/a | 0.0 | -2.9 | n/a |
| Dominican Republic | 4,873 | 1,376 | 28.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 32,246 | 10,405 | 32.7 | 12200 | 1.8 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 625 | 1.9 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Fiji | 1,827 | 1,000 | 54.7 | 1400 | 2.1 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 894 | 48.9 | n/a | -0.1 | n/a | n/a |
| India | 328,726 | 67,701 | 22.8 | 250800 | 5.9 | 0.57 | 0.04 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gambia | 1,130 | 471 | 41.7 | 1933 | 6.6 | 0.43 | 0.43 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Viet Nam | 33,169 | 12,931 | 39.7 | 237867 | 38.1 | 2.52 | 2.06 | 85 | 0.3 | -19933 | -77.9 | -1.14 | -1.28 |
| Rwanda | 2,634 | 480 | 19.5 | 10800 | 50.9 | 0.82 | 7.91 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| Total | 3,745,546 | 1,629,991 | 43.5 | -10240133 | -8.3 | -0.57 | -0.62 | | | | | | |
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.
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