Deforestation statistics for Japan

Tree cover loss data for Japan

"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)
10	37442516	27396700	73.20%	27162786	72.50%	26842095	71.70%	669217	2.40%	37179	34853	40086
15	37442516	27003564	72.10%	26816433	71.60%	26496476	70.80%	667830	2.50%	37102	34787	39995
20	37442516	26849963	71.70%	26744340	71.40%	26424894	70.60%	666872	2.50%	37048	34743	39931
25	37442516	26674377	71.20%	26588309	71.00%	26269305	70.20%	666098	2.50%	37005	34709	39876
30	37442516	26501547	70.80%	26369542	70.40%	26051176	69.60%	665224	2.50%	36957	34686	39796
50	37442516	25707739	68.70%	25312357	67.60%	24998276	66.80%	656289	2.60%	36461	34221	39260
75	37442516	23484395	62.70%	22232711	59.40%	21938347	58.60%	615089	2.60%	34172	32073	36796

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Japan

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)
10	37442516	27396700	27162786	8323503686	118062271	6559015	216447674	12024871
15	37442516	27003564	26816433	8275186565	117967638	6553758	216274125	12015229
20	37442516	26849963	26744340	8255294782	117901326	6550074	216152580	12008477
25	37442516	26674377	26588309	8232927708	117849397	6547189	216057288	12003183
30	37442516	26501547	26369542	8210870381	117791610	6543978	215951254	11997292
50	37442516	25707739	25312357	8106801634	117164025	6509113	214800757	11933375
75	37442516	23484395	22232711	7663661875	112380724	6243374	206031228	11446179

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Japan

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

Administrative area	Total 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)
Aichi	519364	231604	232310	230706	44%	3950	2%	219	2346	1%	235	1604	1%	201
Akita	1168424	907015	909607	897527	77%	21987	2%	1,222	9907	1%	991	12080	1%	1,510
Aomori	971926	714702	716287	702809	72%	23420	3%	1,301	9942	1%	994	13478	2%	1,685
Chiba	508624	189737	194052	192393	38%	3506	2%	195	1847	1%	185	1659	1%	207
Ehime	579188	459866	461158	457655	79%	7395	2%	411	3892	1%	389	3503	1%	438
Fukui	425958	331269	330340	329533	77%	2266	1%	126	1459	0%	146	807	0%	101
Fukuoka	505476	256797	255225	250882	50%	9434	4%	524	5091	2%	509	4343	2%	543
Fukushima	1380217	1031372	1027218	1016114	74%	25216	2%	1,401	14112	1%	1,411	11104	1%	1,388
Gifu	1065024	871751	868135	863643	81%	9871	1%	548	5379	1%	538	4492	1%	562
Gunma	640598	452548	447764	444077	69%	7734	2%	430	4047	1%	405	3687	1%	461
Hiroshima	847493	641053	637484	629186	74%	20664	3%	1,148	12366	2%	1,237	8298	1%	1,037
Hokkaido	7835246	5737130	5708595	5638501	72%	150223	3%	8,346	80129	1%	8,013	70094	1%	8,762
Hyōgo	842832	576403	567003	563696	67%	9870	2%	548	6563	1%	656	3307	1%	413
Ibaraki	614701	221954	227491	222493	36%	8018	4%	445	3020	1%	302	4998	2%	625
Ishikawa	425950	313995	313837	312562	73%	2687	1%	149	1412	0%	141	1275	0%	159
Iwate	1529505	1229610	1213211	1181699	77%	59108	5%	3,284	27596	2%	2,760	31512	3%	3,939
Kagawa	174213	88541	89175	88656	51%	1373	2%	76	854	1%	85	519	1%	65
Kagoshima	918968	657485	656396	644191	70%	21719	3%	1,207	9514	1%	951	12205	2%	1,526
Kanagawa	240622	99492	96236	95898	40%	785	1%	44	447	0%	45	338	0%	42
Kochi	708656	616289	617309	610553	86%	13990	2%	777	7234	1%	723	6756	1%	845
Kumamoto	761896	516197	506658	495612	65%	21222	4%	1,179	10176	2%	1,018	11046	2%	1,381
Kyoto	464820	362751	357101	354999	76%	5773	2%	321	3671	1%	367	2102	1%	263
Mie	581561	401441	398147	394522	68%	8534	2%	474	4909	1%	491	3625	1%	453
Miyagi	726673	445125	436654	425971	59%	20946	5%	1,164	10263	2%	1,026	10683	2%	1,335
Miyazaki	771944	604997	602703	575947	75%	50923	8%	2,829	24167	4%	2,417	26756	4%	3,345
Nagano	1365586	1064127	1059100	1055041	77%	8030	1%	446	3971	0%	397	4059	0%	507
Naoasaki	426662	290072	283417	281590	66%	3865	1%	215	2038	1%	204	1827	1%	228
Nara	370818	298539	294642	293308	79%	3550	1%	197	2216	1%	222	1334	0%	167
Niigata	1273581	891799	899266	897526	70%	4751	1%	264	3011	0%	301	1740	0%	218
Oita	637862	463309	467618	455745	71%	22508	5%	1,250	10635	2%	1,064	11873	3%	1,484
Okayama	730489	519736	518435	513733	70%	12796	2%	711	8094	2%	809	4702	1%	588
Okinawa	232974	110918	110248	108584	47%	5986	5%	333	4322	4%	432	1664	2%	208
Osaka	193598	66713	65645	65070	34%	1440	2%	80	865	1%	87	575	1%	72
Saga	247465	133253	134759	133388	54%	3210	2%	178	1839	1%	184	1371	1%	171
Saitama	383286	136374	135407	134526	35%	2259	2%	126	1378	1%	138	881	1%	110
Shiga	404334	212222	206325	205532	51%	2727	1%	152	1934	1%	193	793	0%	99
Shimane	672575	559149	555734	549214	82%	14361	3%	798	7841	1%	784	6520	1%	815
Shizuoka	799058	551776	550001	546713	68%	8693	2%	483	5405	1%	541	3288	1%	411
Tochigi	643562	377544	375198	369213	57%	10627	3%	590	4642	1%	464	5985	2%	748
Tokushima	415409	329017	327200	324405	78%	5794	2%	322	2999	1%	300	2795	1%	349
Tokyo	182444	61424	61504	60945	33%	1040	2%	58	481	1%	48	559	1%	70
Tottori	349776	277260	275331	273338	78%	4839	2%	269	2846	1%	285	1993	1%	249
Toyama	428991	271340	267887	267070	62%	1870	1%	104	1053	0%	105	817	0%	102
Wakayama	468383	392468	389764	386081	82%	8873	2%	493	5190	1%	519	3683	1%	460
Yamagata	940038	706940	701690	697321	74%	10270	1%	571	5901	1%	590	4369	1%	546
Yamaguchi	616072	469817	467047	462414	75%	11877	3%	660	7244	2%	724	4633	1%	579
Yamanashi	449674	358626	353228	350594	78%	5244	1%	291	2610	1%	261	2634	1%	329

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Japan

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

Administrative area	Total 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)
Aichi	519364	231604	232310	72599805	1164585	64699	66269	62736
Akita	1168424	907015	909607	299048123	7423433	412413	333435	511135
Aomori	971926	714702	716287	226769698	7778365	432131	329657	560225
Chiba	508624	189737	194052	46522727	871998	48444	45827	51716
Ehime	579188	459866	461158	128243401	2172879	120716	110002	134108
Fukui	425958	331269	330340	104053048	672560	37364	42691	30706
Fukuoka	505476	256797	255225	71785635	2810083	156116	152492	160645
Fukushima	1380217	1031372	1027218	330754524	8281945	460108	463696	455623
Gifu	1065024	871751	868135	300315569	3480088	193338	186050	202448
Gunma	640598	452548	447764	150528563	2734260	151903	141899	164409
Hiroshima	847493	641053	637484	187716389	6367686	353760	377230	324423
Hokkaido	7835246	5737130	5708595	1730974237	49133361	2729631	2650342	2828743
Hyōgo	842832	576403	567003	174272290	3053486	169638	204832	125646
Ibaraki	614701	221954	227491	61554664	2440670	135593	91815	190315
Ishikawa	425950	313995	313837	98248742	807795	44878	42277	48129
Iwate	1529505	1229610	1213211	410471958	20812499	1156250	975574	1382095
Kagawa	174213	88541	89175	21272654	336627	18702	20038	17031
Kagoshima	918968	657485	656396	213794298	7195891	399772	312934	508319
Kanagawa	240622	99492	96236	30491718	233051	12947	12765	13176
Kochi	708656	616289	617309	187727664	4370289	242794	226231	263498
Kumamoto	761896	516197	506658	152123387	6900886	383383	330385	449630
Kyoto	464820	362751	357101	108041241	1723497	95750	109215	78918
Mie	581561	401441	398147	118593617	2501085	138949	143739	132962
Miyagi	726673	445125	436654	132627097	6485644	360314	325807	403447
Miyazaki	771944	604997	602703	195562348	17134307	951906	815974	1121821
Nagano	1365586	1064127	1059100	368254574	2866853	159270	139822	183579
Naoasaki	426662	290072	283417	63583535	963473	53526	50483	57330
Nara	370818	298539	294642	95365007	1114401	61911	69418	52528
Niigata	1273581	891799	899266	269390675	1446253	80347	92451	65218
Oita	637862	463309	467618	134545996	7080029	393335	334584	466774
Okayama	730489	519736	518435	159882949	4225815	234768	271572	188762
Okinawa	232974	110918	110248	42232079	2073718	115207	151622	69688
Osaka	193598	66713	65645	18322193	378770	21043	22204	19591
Saga	247465	133253	134759	34524443	886623	49257	50699	47454
Saitama	383286	136374	135407	40724356	684744	38041	42256	32774
Shiga	404334	212222	206325	64300670	800494	44472	57329	28401
Shimane	672575	559149	555734	164398534	4382969	243498	237369	251160
Shizuoka	799058	551776	550001	176241909	2736644	152036	165409	135319
Tochigi	643562	377544	375198	121479653	3535721	196429	154540	248791
Tokushima	415409	329017	327200	95903567	1760702	97817	89919	107689
Tokyo	182444	61424	61504	19880818	346567	19254	15456	24002
Tottori	349776	277260	275331	92931015	1618571	89921	95487	82963
Toyama	428991	271340	267887	90374658	616716	34262	34602	33837
Wakayama	468383	392468	389764	113632093	2628470	146026	153975	136090
Yamagata	940038	706940	701690	230489849	3457430	192079	199214	183162
Yamaguchi	616072	469817	467047	132483865	3533759	196320	215100	172845
Yamanashi	449674	358626	353228	127834546	1925562	106976	94757	122249

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Japan

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

Administrative area	Total 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)
Aichi	519364	231604	232310	39599892	171	635238	35291	36148	34220
Akita	1168424	907015	909607	163117156	180	4049146	224953	181873	278802
Aomori	971926	714702	716287	123692562	173	4242745	235708	179813	305578
Chiba	508624	189737	194052	25376032	134	475629	26424	24996	28209
Ehime	579188	459866	461158	69950946	152	1185210	65845	60001	73150
Fukui	425958	331269	330340	56756208	171	366853	20381	23286	16749
Fukuoka	505476	256797	255225	39155797	153	1532779	85154	83178	87625
Fukushima	1380217	1031372	1027218	180411558	175	4517437	250969	252926	248522
Gifu	1065024	871751	868135	163808490	188	1898213	105456	101480	110426
Gunma	640598	452548	447764	82106488	181	1491414	82856	77399	89678
Hiroshima	847493	641053	637484	102390758	160	3473292	192961	205763	176958
Hokkaido	7835246	5737130	5708595	944167763	165	26800030	1488891	1445643	1542951
Hyōgo	842832	576403	567003	95057614	165	1665531	92530	111726	68534
Ibaraki	614701	221954	227491	33575272	151	1331290	73961	50081	103810
Ishikawa	425950	313995	313837	53590223	171	440615	24479	23060	26252
Iwate	1529505	1229610	1213211	223893794	182	11352269	630682	532132	753869
Kagawa	174213	88541	89175	11603267	131	183614	10201	10930	9289
Kagoshima	918968	657485	656396	116615066	177	3925022	218057	170691	277264
Kanagawa	240622	99492	96236	16631847	167	127116	7062	6962	7187
Kochi	708656	616289	617309	102396910	166	2383796	132433	123399	143726
Kumamoto	761896	516197	506658	82976395	161	3764123	209118	180210	245253
Kyoto	464820	362751	357101	58931587	162	940102	52228	59573	43046
Mie	581561	401441	398147	64687426	161	1364230	75791	78403	72525
Miyagi	726673	445125	436654	72342053	163	3537637	196535	177714	220063
Miyazaki	771944	604997	602703	106670372	176	9345982	519221	445076	611903
Nagano	1365586	1064127	1059100	200866127	189	1563733	86874	76267	100133
Naoasaki	426662	290072	283417	34681927	120	525524	29196	27536	31270
Nara	370818	298539	294642	52017275	174	607854	33770	37864	28652
Niigata	1273581	891799	899266	146940370	165	788865	43826	50428	35574
Oita	637862	463309	467618	73388726	158	3861830	214546	182500	254604
Okayama	730489	519736	518435	87208881	168	2304993	128055	148130	102962
Okinawa	232974	110918	110248	23035681	208	1131112	62840	82702	38011
Osaka	193598	66713	65645	9993922	150	206602	11478	12111	10686
Saga	247465	133253	134759	18831515	141	483608	26867	27654	25884
Saitama	383286	136374	135407	22213287	163	373515	20751	23050	17877
Shiga	404334	212222	206325	35073094	165	436627	24257	31269	15492
Shimane	672575	559149	555734	89671925	161	2390708	132817	129474	136997
Shizuoka	799058	551776	550001	96131949	174	1492710	82928	90223	73810
Tochigi	643562	377544	375198	66261628	176	1928570	107143	84295	135703
Tokushima	415409	329017	327200	52311037	159	960391	53355	49047	58740
Tokyo	182444	61424	61504	10844081	176	189040	10502	8431	13092
Tottori	349776	277260	275331	50689644	183	882858	49048	52084	45252
Toyama	428991	271340	267887	49295268	182	336384	18688	18874	18456
Wakayama	468383	392468	389764	61981142	158	1433701	79650	83986	74231
Yamagata	940038	706940	701690	125721738	178	1885863	104770	108662	99906
Yamaguchi	616072	469817	467047	72263928	154	1927504	107084	117327	94279
Yamanashi	449674	358626	353228	69727937	194	1050305	58350	51686	66681

Archived forest data for Japan | Forest data for Japan

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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