Deforestation statistics for Austria

Austria: Demographic data

Population (2022)	9,006,398
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.60%
Population density (people/sq km)	109
Net migration	65,000
Fertility rate	1.5
Median age	43
Urban population share	57%

Austria: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 82,409

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 4,336,064
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 52.6%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 348,517
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 8.0%

Austria: Annual forest and tree cover data

Austria: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 6,926
2002: 10,902
2003: 14,476
2004: 14,599
2005: 21,657
2006: 12,584
2007: 31,670
2008: 26,896
2009: 15,887
2010: 16,713
2011: 18,090
2012: 11,158
2013: 7,645
2014: 9,870
2015: 7,938
2016: 17,210
2017: 18,406
2018: 26,310
2019: 33,643
2020: 25,937

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Burgenland	133,243	2,684	2,093	1,904	4,242	10,923	8.2%
Kärnten	606,463	11,393	16,402	10,088	23,846	61,730	10.2%
Niederösterreich	836,132	9,459	16,956	10,168	35,225	71,809	8.6%
Oberösterreich	551,154	7,665	17,872	7,389	16,498	49,424	9.0%
Salzburg	407,811	8,890	8,129	4,957	6,449	28,425	7.0%
Steiermark	1,083,547	23,176	35,238	14,938	23,827	97,178	9.0%
Tirol	574,651	4,814	6,272	4,745	10,393	26,225	4.6%
Vorarlberg	132,823	433	738	495	981	2,648	2.0%
Wien	10,218	46	48	17	45	155	1.5%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Wien	Wien	10,218	46	48	17	45	155	1.5%
Burgenland	Eisenstadt	1,585	10	13	16	29	68	4.3%
Burgenland	Güssing	22,526	350	254	262	682	1,548	6.9%
Burgenland	Jennersdorf	11,279	148	58	43	175	424	3.8%
Burgenland	Mattersburg	8,902	157	147	138	332	774	8.7%
Burgenland	Neusiedl am See	6,881	69	100	53	48	270	3.9%
Burgenland	Oberpullendorf	33,741	915	631	637	1,306	3,490	10.3%
Burgenland	Oberwart	36,098	784	632	446	1,146	3,008	8.3%
Burgenland	Rust	273	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Kärnten	Feldkirchen	37,927	699	929	486	532	2,646	7.0%
Kärnten	Wolfsberg	64,778	1,398	1,958	936	1,085	5,377	8.3%
Kärnten	Hermagor	54,456	748	871	740	3,165	5,525	10.1%
Kärnten	Klagenfurt Land	49,110	550	762	597	2,956	4,865	9.9%
Kärnten	Klagenfurt	4,995	68	78	62	146	354	7.1%
Kärnten	Sankt Veit an der Glan	110,960	2,376	4,123	1,519	2,771	10,789	9.7%
Kärnten	Spittal an der Drau	143,763	2,826	4,155	3,021	6,354	16,356	11.4%
Kärnten	Villach Land	71,921	1,649	1,695	1,228	2,130	6,703	9.3%
Kärnten	Villach	8,091	142	171	321	376	1,010	12.5%
Kärnten	Völkermarkt	60,462	938	1,658	1,179	4,330	8,105	13.4%
Niederösterreich	Amstetten	54,083	572	1,006	546	1,121	3,246	6.0%
Niederösterreich	Krems an der Donau Stadt	1,732	31	33	16	23	104	6.0%
Niederösterreich	Lilienfeld	79,174	1,123	1,759	774	2,029	5,685	7.2%
Niederösterreich	Melk	47,726	591	1,385	542	1,868	4,386	9.2%
Niederösterreich	Mistelbach	19,135	269	309	355	521	1,454	7.6%
Niederösterreich	Mödling	12,429	115	117	106	180	518	4.2%
Niederösterreich	Neunkirchen	82,157	686	1,184	698	1,600	4,167	5.1%
Niederösterreich	Sankt Pölten Land	51,591	513	924	448	981	2,866	5.6%
Niederösterreich	Sankt Pölten	1,591	13	12	6	36	67	4.2%
Niederösterreich	Scheibbs	72,741	687	1,514	443	1,299	3,943	5.4%
Niederösterreich	Tulln	17,245	336	303	235	593	1,468	8.5%
Niederösterreich	Baden	39,522	326	384	423	465	1,598	4.0%
Niederösterreich	Waidhofen an der Thaya	18,797	210	615	813	4,716	6,354	33.8%
Niederösterreich	Waidhofen an der Ybbs	8,577	68	87	50	82	287	3.3%
Niederösterreich	Wien Umgebung	21,161	244	335	151	338	1,069	5.1%
Niederösterreich	Wiener Neustadt Land	60,063	565	786	543	1,091	2,986	5.0%
Niederösterreich	Wiener Neustadt	1,336	12	4	13	19	48	3.6%
Niederösterreich	Zwettl	71,282	680	2,358	1,264	6,342	10,643	14.9%
Niederösterreich	Bruck an der Leitha	12,385	174	239	265	372	1,050	8.5%
Niederösterreich	Gänserndorf	16,847	410	309	352	408	1,479	8.8%
Niederösterreich	Gmünd	44,537	630	1,649	715	1,960	4,954	11.1%
Niederösterreich	Hollabrunn	19,750	233	350	223	1,031	1,837	9.3%
Niederösterreich	Horn	21,824	286	405	408	4,664	5,764	26.4%
Niederösterreich	Korneuburg	12,959	215	210	126	419	969	7.5%
Niederösterreich	Krems an der Donau Land	47,485	470	676	654	3,067	4,868	10.3%
Oberösterreich	Braunau am Inn	41,025	630	1,863	901	1,071	4,466	10.9%
Oberösterreich	Ried im Innkreis	14,744	146	470	259	499	1,374	9.3%
Oberösterreich	Rohrbach im Mühlkreis	38,025	475	519	283	1,913	3,191	8.4%
Oberösterreich	Schärding	19,952	215	351	288	1,733	2,588	13.0%
Oberösterreich	Steyr Land	62,166	991	1,781	717	1,087	4,576	7.4%
Oberösterreich	Steyr	427	3	7	4	11	25	5.9%
Oberösterreich	Urfahr Umgebung	26,514	336	613	431	1,825	3,205	12.1%
Oberösterreich	Vöcklabruck	54,113	686	1,864	782	1,124	4,457	8.2%
Oberösterreich	Wels Land	8,389	150	393	213	438	1,193	14.2%
Oberösterreich	Wels	380	9	15	9	24	57	15.0%
Oberösterreich	Eferding	6,380	84	167	71	446	767	12.0%
Oberösterreich	Freistadt	53,481	724	1,312	827	1,895	4,758	8.9%
Oberösterreich	Gmunden	95,435	1,483	4,819	875	1,108	8,285	8.7%
Oberösterreich	Grieskirchen	12,725	183	401	197	528	1,309	10.3%
Oberösterreich	Kirchdorf an der Krems	81,101	1,211	2,575	1,120	1,410	6,316	7.8%
Oberösterreich	Linz Land	7,780	68	218	139	534	959	12.3%
Oberösterreich	Linz	2,237	11	14	13	117	155	6.9%
Oberösterreich	Perg	26,281	259	489	259	736	1,741	6.6%
Salzburg	Hallein	46,471	525	783	447	425	2,180	4.7%
Salzburg	Salzburg Umgebung	58,056	580	1,538	547	815	3,479	6.0%
Salzburg	Salzburg	2,381	9	38	9	23	79	3.3%
Salzburg	Sankt Johann im Pongau	111,593	2,175	2,212	1,762	2,149	8,299	7.4%
Salzburg	Tamsweg	56,712	2,242	1,009	673	990	4,914	8.7%
Salzburg	Zell am See	132,597	3,359	2,548	1,519	2,048	9,474	7.1%
Steiermark	Bruck-Mürzzuschlag	171,911	3,037	6,146	2,841	5,490	17,514	10.2%
Steiermark	Murtal	115,174	3,037	4,056	2,053	3,056	12,202	10.6%
Steiermark	Südoststeiermark	42,216	269	262	156	340	1,027	2.4%
Steiermark	Voitsberg	49,657	835	3,193	466	598	5,092	10.3%
Steiermark	Weiz	68,432	704	1,617	756	1,297	4,375	6.4%
Steiermark	Deutschlandsberg	58,660	1,139	959	721	1,664	4,482	7.6%
Steiermark	Graz Umgebung	69,216	1,102	3,392	1,092	1,373	6,958	10.1%
Steiermark	Graz	4,634	70	97	43	37	247	5.3%
Steiermark	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld	62,598	475	723	445	863	2,507	4.0%
Steiermark	Leibnitz	32,388	698	303	161	549	1,711	5.3%
Steiermark	Leoben	81,074	2,860	4,005	1,493	2,819	11,177	13.8%
Steiermark	Liezen	232,301	6,492	8,266	3,399	3,749	21,906	9.4%
Steiermark	Murau	95,287	2,458	2,220	1,312	1,992	7,981	8.4%
Tirol	Imst	55,028	282	389	215	440	1,327	2.4%
Tirol	Innsbruck Land	92,033	599	796	711	1,171	3,277	3.6%
Tirol	Innsbruck	4,452	78	101	60	109	347	7.8%
Tirol	Kitzbühel	75,260	867	1,096	809	623	3,395	4.5%
Tirol	Kufstein	65,954	643	847	581	619	2,691	4.1%
Tirol	Landeck	53,215	329	403	216	755	1,703	3.2%
Tirol	Lienz	75,758	945	1,173	878	5,057	8,053	10.6%
Tirol	Reutte	67,730	280	473	381	533	1,668	2.5%
Tirol	Schwaz	85,222	791	994	895	1,086	3,765	4.4%
Vorarlberg	Bludenz	56,579	170	280	229	425	1,105	2.0%
Vorarlberg	Bodensee	110	2	1	0	0	4	3.6%
Vorarlberg	Bregenz	49,432	111	258	148	251	768	1.6%
Vorarlberg	Dornbirn	10,061	35	48	44	85	212	2.1%
Vorarlberg	Feldkirch	16,641	115	151	74	220	561	3.4%
Burgenland	Eisenstadt Umgebung	11,958	251	257	309	524	1,341	11.2%

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2019 forest data for Austria | Archived forest data for Austria | Forest data for Austria

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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