Deforestation statistics for Malaysia

Total land area: Malaysia

Total land area	ha
Land area	32,996,392
Tree cover in 2018	24,222,112

Forest and tree cover extent: Malaysia

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Malaysia. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		29,466,663
2001	15,939,458
2010	14,819,429	28,667,509
2018	13,430,905	24,222,112
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	55%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		73.4%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Malaysia

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Malaysia by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		332,863
2002	61,820	312,861
2003	60,416	184,144
2004	113,422	351,969
2005	114,496	351,969
2006	113,081	334,038
2007	142,068	405,503
2008	139,246	368,078
2009	235,835	623,133
2010	139,647	431,045
2011	161,191	463,604
2012	244,307	628,738
2013	106,041	333,620
2014	230,429	646,325
2015	154,354	454,517
2016	185,215	565,505
2017	162,417	483,672
2018	144,571	438,371
Primary loss 2002-2018	2,508,553
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		7,377,092
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	34.0%
Percent loss 2001-2018	15.7%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	124,447.71	369,560
Loss/year (2011-2018)	173,565.49	501,794

Biodiversity data: Malaysia

Species count by taxa for Malaysia. 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 group	Species count
Birds	718
Amphibians	269
Reptiles	486
Fishes	1938
Mammals	336
Vascular plants	15500

Conservation data: Malaysia

Data on threatened species in Malaysia as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	71
Threatened birds (2018)	63
Threatened fishes (2018)	87
Threatened higher plants (2018)	727

Protected areas data: Malaysia

Data on threatened species in Malaysia 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	19.1
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Malaysia

"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	32996392	29822804	90.40%	29115650	88.20%	25070869	76.00%	7774524	26.10%	431918	372974	505598
15	32996392	29703458	90.00%	28952233	87.70%	24916836	75.50%	7762087	26.10%	431227	372669	504425
20	32996392	29620147	89.80%	28867530	87.50%	24839666	75.30%	7751428	26.20%	430635	372356	503483
25	32996392	29567799	89.60%	28770362	87.20%	24746949	75.00%	7745281	26.20%	430293	372187	502927
30	32996392	29466663	89.30%	28667509	86.90%	24653157	74.70%	7733630	26.20%	429646	371928	501794
50	32996392	29012688	87.90%	28025529	84.90%	24055925	72.90%	7663012	26.40%	425723	369341	496201
75	32996392	27283637	82.70%	26395490	80.00%	22650828	68.60%	7271994	26.70%	404000	352733	468083

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Malaysia

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	32996392	29822804	29115650	14422986355	1850609719	102811651	3392784490	188488027
15	32996392	29703458	28952233	14400841870	1849307879	102739327	3390397794	188355433
20	32996392	29620147	28867530	14384505191	1848171436	102676191	3388314332	188239685
25	32996392	29567799	28770362	14374366737	1847510293	102639461	3387102196	188172344
30	32996392	29466663	28667509	14354291504	1846239434	102568857	3384772232	188042902
50	32996392	29012688	28025529	14253508368	1837558725	102086596	3368857667	187158759
75	32996392	27283637	26395490	13776082766	1777242559	98735698	3258278020	181015446

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Malaysia

"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)
Johor	1916303	1596366	1546157	1220757	64%	671937	42%	37,330	346537	22%	34,654	325400	21%	40,675
Kedah	955380	678081	642696	544486	57%	176546	26%	9,808	78336	12%	7,834	98210	15%	12,276
Kelantan	1516296	1346410	1259331	1050117	69%	373996	28%	20,778	164782	12%	16,478	209214	17%	26,152
Kuala Lumpur	27320	4849	4118	3730	14%	1184	24%	66	796	16%	80	388	9%	49
Labuan	9191	4351	4193	3665	40%	797	18%	44	269	6%	27	528	13%	66
Melaka	166119	113079	108984	79985	48%	52821	47%	2,935	23822	21%	2,382	28999	27%	3,625
Negeri Sembilan	668634	561366	529470	408268	61%	246624	44%	13,701	125422	22%	12,542	121202	23%	15,150
Pahang	3591046	3300480	3203947	2628087	73%	1050786	32%	58,377	474926	14%	47,493	575860	18%	71,983
Perak	2083754	1759696	1737618	1530750	73%	391404	22%	21,745	184536	10%	18,454	206868	12%	25,859
Perlis	82610	27522	22650	18793	23%	5369	20%	298	1512	5%	151	3857	17%	482
Pulau Pinang	106312	46881	41005	36235	34%	9411	20%	523	4641	10%	464	4770	12%	596
Putrajaya	6220	1604	1508	1277	21%	590	37%	33	359	22%	36	231	15%	29
Sabah	7390501	6694272	6677675	5900494	80%	1515043	23%	84,169	737862	11%	73,786	777181	12%	97,148
Sarawak	12399448	11657448	11284812	9814632	79%	2847611	24%	158,201	1377431	12%	137,743	1470180	13%	183,773
Selangor	785389	565944	527352	463898	59%	147156	26%	8,175	83702	15%	8,370	63454	12%	7,932
Trengganu	1291869	1108314	1075993	947983	73%	242355	22%	13,464	114345	10%	11,435	128010	12%	16,001

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Malaysia

"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)
Johor	1916303	1596366	1546157	624338297	247893739	13771874	13175903	14516838
Kedah	955380	678081	642696	304668192	75729150	4207175	3271595	5376651
Kelantan	1516296	1346410	1259331	640798241	170250752	9458375	7330340	12118419
Kuala Lumpur	27320	4849	4118	1624632	410021	22779	28112	16112
Labuan	9191	4351	4193	1582549	289857	16103	10155	23539
Melaka	166119	113079	108984	36372025	17575619	976423	813706	1179821
Negeri Sembilan	668634	561366	529470	229667035	92721478	5151193	4753419	5648411
Pahang	3591046	3300480	3203947	1642576834	457223949	25401331	20381348	31676308
Perak	2083754	1759696	1737618	799447624	144094819	8005268	6773661	9544776
Perlis	82610	27522	22650	10672140	2212919	122940	59452	202300
Pulau Pinang	106312	46881	41005	15617989	2894360	160798	143481	182443
Putrajaya	6220	1604	1508	477636	184841	10269	11397	8858
Sabah	7390501	6694272	6677675	3232735261	688599222	38255512	34795592	42580413
Sarawak	12399448	11657448	11284812	6059938630	1333390348	74077242	63095734	87804127
Selangor	785389	565944	527352	211572541	48285293	2682516	2846401	2477660
Trengganu	1291869	1108314	1075993	542201878	103015865	5723104	4863567	6797525

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Malaysia

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)
Johor	1916303	1596366	1546157	340548162	213	135214764	7511931	7186856	7918275
Kedah	955380	678081	642696	166182652	245	41306812	2294823	1784506	2932719
Kelantan	1516296	1346410	1259331	349526314	259	92864050	5159114	3998368	6610047
Kuala Lumpur	27320	4849	4118	886163	183	223649	12425	15334	8789
Labuan	9191	4351	4193	863209	198	158103	8784	5539	12839
Melaka	166119	113079	108984	19839286	176	9586704	532595	443840	643539
Negeri Sembilan	668634	561366	529470	125272929	223	50575356	2809742	2592774	3080952
Pahang	3591046	3300480	3203947	895951001	271	249394894	13855272	11117100	17277987
Perak	2083754	1759696	1737618	436062341	248	78597169	4366509	3694724	5206241
Perlis	82610	27522	22650	5821167	212	1207047	67058	32429	110345
Pulau Pinang	106312	46881	41005	8518903	182	1578746	87708	78263	99515
Putrajaya	6220	1604	1508	260529	162	100821	5601	6217	4832
Sabah	7390501	6694272	6677675	1763310141	263	375599581	20866643	18979414	23225680
Sarawak	12399448	11657448	11284812	3305421071	284	727303833	40405769	34415855	47893161
Selangor	785389	565944	527352	115403204	204	26337430	1463191	1552582	1351451
Trengganu	1291869	1108314	1075993	295746479	267	56190475	3121693	2652855	3707741

Archived forest data for Malaysia | Forest data for Malaysia

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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