Deforestation statistics for Botswana
Botswana: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 2,351,627 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 2.10% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 4 |
Net migration | 3,000 |
Fertility rate | 2.9 |
Median age | 24 |
Urban population share | 73% |
Botswana: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 566,730 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 20,328 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 0.0% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 507 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 2.5% |
Botswana: Annual forest and tree cover data
Botswana: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 131 2002: 23 2003: 9 2004: 51 2005: 49 2006: 40 2007: 34 2008: 26 2009: 41 2010: 30 2011: 21 2012: 16 2013: 14 2014: 16 2015: 0 2016: 1 2017: 1 2018: 3 2019: 0 2020: 2 |
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) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central | 4,183 | 65 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 119 | 2.8% |
Lobatse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0% |
North-East | 265 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 17.0% |
North-West | 15,293 | 111 | 61 | 36 | 5 | 213 | 1.4% |
Selibe Phikwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
South-East | 87 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11.9% |
Southern | 116 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.5% |
Sowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Chobe | 272 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 87 | 31.9% |
Francistown | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 81.4% |
Gaborone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.6% |
Ghanzi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Jwaneng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kgalagadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kgatleng | 57 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8.4% |
Kweneng | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26.0% |
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) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kweneng | Kweneng South | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18.5% |
Central | Lethlakane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Central | Machaneng | 111 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10.8% |
Central | Mahalapye | 51 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41.2% |
Central | Palapye | 1,848 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1.4% |
Central | Serowe | 163 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 14.7% |
Central | Tuli | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8% |
Central | Tutume | 1,816 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 1.9% |
Lobatse | Lobatse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
North-East | Masungu | 265 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 17.0% |
North-West | Ngamiland East | 6,750 | 68 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 1.6% |
North-West | Ngamiland West | 8,543 | 43 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 108 | 1.3% |
Selibe Phikwe | Selibe Phikwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
South-East | South East | 87 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11.5% |
Southern | Barolong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Southern | Ngwaketse Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Southern | Ngwaketse North | 115 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.7% |
Southern | Ngwaketse South | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Sowa | Sowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Chobe | Chobe | 272 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 87 | 32.0% |
Francistown | Francistown | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 82.4% |
Gaborone | Gaborone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0% |
Ghanzi | Ghanzi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Jwaneng | Jwaneng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kgalagadi | Gemsbok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kgalagadi | Hukunsti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kgalagadi | Tshabong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kgatleng | Kgatleng | 57 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8.8% |
Kweneng | Kweneng North | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0% |
Central | Bobonong | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.2% |
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2019 forest data for Botswana | Archived forest data for Botswana | Forest data for Botswana
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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