Deforestation statistics for Ethiopia



Total land area: Ethiopia

Total land areaha
Land area113,039,311
Tree cover in 201812,147,482

 

Forest and tree cover extent: Ethiopia

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Ethiopia. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200012,051,696
20011,890,185
20101,861,92212,372,736
20181,826,44912,147,482
Primary/Total tree cover
2018
15%
Tree cover/Total land area
2018
10.7%

 

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Ethiopia

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Ethiopia by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200111,955
20021,56913,081
20032,54213,944
20042,73013,403
20052,30213,403
20062,56212,080
20075,51825,624
20083,59024,032
20093,99329,306
20103,45520,198
20112,65215,481
20125,07741,698
20136,60930,880
20145,63232,756
20151,20010,288
20162,87419,598
20177,63135,446
20183,79818,909
Primary loss 2002-201863,736
Tree cover loss
2001-2018
370,127
Primary loss/
Total tree cover loss
17.2%
Percent loss
2001-2018
3.4%
Loss/year
(2001/2-2010)
3,140.33 17,703
Loss/year
(2011-2018)
4,434.13 25,632

 

Biodiversity data: Ethiopia

Species count by taxa for Ethiopia. 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
Birds819
Amphibians72
Reptiles242
Fishes170
Mammals271
Vascular plants6603

 

Conservation data: Ethiopia

Data on threatened species in Ethiopia as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.
TaxaSpecies count
Threatened mammals (2018)34
Threatened birds (2018)35
Threatened fishes (2018)14
Threatened higher plants (2018)64

 

Protected areas data: Ethiopia

Data on threatened species in Ethiopia 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
18.5
Marine protected areas,
% of territorial waters

 

Tree cover loss data for Ethiopia

"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)
101130393113116426227.60%3579365331.70%3550324731.40%5153141.70%286292249136301
151130393112531605522.40%2857733825.30%2830216025.00%4938862.00%274382187134397
201130393111652871014.60%1776154115.70%1752688615.50%4321462.60%240081974929332
251130393111549295613.70%1669011314.80%1646164914.60%4221902.70%234551937328558
301130393111205169610.70%1237273610.90%1216768010.80%3845673.20%213651795125632
5011303931154310294.80%59320365.20%58101815.10%2385964.40%132551167415232
7511303931120420441.80%16968221.50%16462591.50%1037435.10%576453186320

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Ethiopia

"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)
10113039311311642623579365357431824087501195541673311375218867640105
15113039311253160552857733850852091537365090840917171350266527501481
20113039311165287101776154139630328606937687138542711271909327066163
25113039311154929561669011338248004256866726838148481258900226993890
30113039311120516961237273633198026886571049136505831204691946692733
50113039311543102959320362004250886491201532728897900536285002979
75113039311204204416968221069596742288497701602765528912462938403

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Ethiopia

"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)
Addis Abeba541547538486711%26535%158812%917721%22
Afar9462223426361136100%51%-41%-10%-
Amhara155490151224173234723220702%21252%1187231%7214020%175
Benshangul-Gumaz502426020894181941358192157438%474632%2,637276791%2,768197841%2,473
Dire Dawa105663214140%00%-00%-00%-
Gambela Peoples306586112083641283475126968741%229132%1,27391251%913137881%1,724
Harari People372281110%00%-00%-00%-
Oromia3232772752945145455065535661617%1876404%10,424891912%8,919984492%12,306
Somali312447507147367290%17024%916323%1671%1
Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples1090820533303133329178325785730%1238084%6,878524872%5,249713212%8,915
Tigray5260225477434978348511%1784%10511%51270%16

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Ethiopia

"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)
Addis Abeba5415475384821160480376446531496111
Afar9462223426361149297203511317141
Amhara1554901512241732347227619667527819293231799143489
Benshangul-Gumaz50242602089418194135848910358912280272682237724338629612
Dire Dawa1056632143250000
Gambela Peoples3065861120836412834753366295367351269408404277079572560
Harari People372281114380472
Oromia3232772752945145455065156252791860956853338649230282323834317
Somali312447507147361174423016816762889159
Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples109082053330313332917890233745739183920217688417938492655679
Tigray5260225477434978120571056402313317834821

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Ethiopia

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)
Addis Abeba5415475384811542015343840243617183333
Afar9462223426361126889631110629322
Amhara155490151224173234721506527112328791015995981423722
Benshangul-Gumaz5024260208941819413582667837751286698334372130395093343425
Dire Dawa105663214177870000
Gambela Peoples3065861120836412834751836161101524009784222766151134312305
Harari People3722811787943241
Oromia323277275294514545506585228795716133249190184717716517632091446
Somali31244750714736640589016458914157687
Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples10908205333031333291784921840681482137305711873929784641448553
Tigray52602254774349786576601373076517099732630

 

 

Archived forest data for Ethiopia | Forest data for Ethiopia

 

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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