Deforestation statistics for Switzerland



Tree cover loss data for Switzerland

"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)
104146427165903340.00%167219440.30%165813240.00%332332.00%184619171758
154146427161094638.90%162214839.10%160811638.80%331722.10%184319141754
204146427159512438.50%161456938.90%160055038.60%331432.10%184119121752
254146427157813138.10%158684838.30%157284537.90%331102.10%183919111750
304146427155253937.40%156261537.70%154864437.30%330692.10%183719101746
504146427145295835.00%141564634.10%140190533.80%325322.20%180718791718
754146427114050827.50%107279825.90%106051125.60%293662.60%163117081536

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Switzerland

"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)
10414642716590331672194511569293675719437540012388188688233
15414642716109461622148505333809675168737509412378079687671
20414642715951241614569503094711674905237494712373252687403
25414642715781311586848500845361674607237478212367798687100
30414642715525391562615497375334674235637457512360992686722
50414642714529581415646482205203669772737209612279197682178
75414642711405081072798411649776626267634792611481618637868

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Switzerland

"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)
Aargau13881253924554535437939%23014%12812272%12310742%134
Appenzell Ausserrhoden2477013707131811307653%2482%141431%141051%13
Appenzell Innerrhoden1737489208607852549%2052%111231%12821%10
Basel-Landschaft5123123062240542374746%6133%343061%313071%38
Basel-Stadt355181669869219%61%-00%-61%1
Bern60027423769224522024259640%60963%33934721%34726241%328
Fribourg16932956053591325854435%19974%11114093%1415881%74
Genève2870141313731371213%722%4531%5191%2
Glarus6944529713291412907442%2061%111390%14670%8
Graubünden70914823426023468423217233%49112%27323991%24025121%314
Jura8370340136408864056048%9012%505751%583261%41
Lucerne15342259509611326074440%16803%9312922%1293881%49
Neuchâtel8168835368359943591044%2001%111160%12840%11
Nidwalden2673312742126031255447%1371%8881%9490%6
Obwalden4854625524255922545952%3321%181991%201331%17
Sankt Gallen20072590161897788928444%12811%717871%794941%62
Schaffhausen2872912949131381306745%2062%111351%14711%9
Schwyz8947145264456404539851%7532%425111%512421%30
Solothurn7965536393373933670746%13104%736242%626862%86
Thurgau10244225787262782587525%11795%667763%784032%50
Ticino28669214862214174614118449%10661%595040%505620%70
Uri10736331160309063084029%1861%101200%12660%8
Valais52308713681713473113384626%17891%999041%908851%111
Vaud32235311591911890311752836%34403%19120652%20713751%172
Zug241569979101501011042%891%5490%5400%5
Zürich17502763931638446306136%18653%10410822%1087831%98

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Switzerland

"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)
Aargau138812539245545320215034937877521045017154521
Appenzell Ausserrhoden2477013707131814894207101024561258095367
Appenzell Innerrhoden1737489208607296823983368463250044166
Basel-Landschaft5123123062240548563827240833133801218114878
Basel-Stadt3551816698230925310817386281
Bern600274237692245220795676472300233127791131545123097
Fribourg169329560535913220252396812522451405717230101
Genève287014131373113816382880616002121950
Glarus694452971329141817158371373396548582850
Graubünden709148234260234684572540091485173825107467892299
Jura83703401364088615902167379153210642447216804
Lucerne153422595096113220292734628115348954826318186
Neuchâtel8168835368359941386529580733448546874233
Nidwalden267331274212603387615046443258029332139
Obwalden4854625524255927223888102037566960725165
Sankt Gallen200725901618977829022737501841278803129723609
Schaffhausen287291294913138513471986932483057493680
Schwyz89471452644564013814920258685143711733610665
Solothurn79655363933739313443458530913294952593833942
Thurgau10244225787262789270977482720268183193520421
Ticino28669214862214174643048507323860179921469122119
Uri1073633116030906799793861384341039872689
Valais52308713681713473140745118591666328702996136507
Vaud322353115919118903431965181436865798268748570251
Zug24156997910150345505033940188618081982
Zürich175027639316384423585653751388417444357239459

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Switzerland

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)
Aargau138812539245545311026383204511566284202736629738
Appenzell Ausserrhoden247701370713181266956719555105306131682928
Appenzell Innerrhoden1737489208607161904018245474252627292273
Basel-Landschaft5123123062240544671179203131365729866448116
Basel-Stadt355181669812595915416959447153
Bern600274237692245220434005331831254679697047175367144
Fribourg169329560535913211046761197443194246223118516419
Genève2870141313731753621182157138731157518
Glarus694452971329141445722715038930216326501554
Graubünden70914823426023468431229459133810087450054073350344
Jura837034013640886867391021620681111490133489166
Lucerne15342259509611321106876318634260919034263259920
Neuchâtel816883536835994756288821444030244625562309
Nidwalden267331274212603211426416625334140716001167
Obwalden485462552425592394030215455656309233122817
Sankt Gallen200725901618977815830583176273730152071707112878
Schaffhausen287291294913138280075721747416263431362007
Schwyz8947145264456407535411166141105783994565818
Solothurn7965536393373937332794202289591160881414818514
Thurgau10244225787262785056897196263309146281742011139
Ticino286692148622141746234810031581766489814801312064
Uri1073633116030906436251214033480186021751467
Valais52308713681713473122224611162322724179291634319912
Vaud32235311591911890323561737203783743435414772038319
Zug2415699791015018845731891851410299861081
Zürich175027639316384412864901201409848227692376721523

 

 

Archived forest data for Switzerland | Forest data for Switzerland

 

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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