Deforestation statistics for Eswatini



Eswatini: Demographic data

Population (2022)1,160,164
Annual population growth rate (2022)1.05%
Population density (people/sq km)67
Net migration-8,353
Fertility rate3
Median age21
Urban population share30%


Eswatini: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 17,200
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 469,226
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 27.3%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 101,343
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 0.215978873


Eswatini: Annual forest and tree cover data

Eswatini: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 6,735
2002: 3,801
2003: 5,760
2004: 5,364
2005: 4,535
2006: 9,431
2007: 6,469
2008: 4,582
2009: 10,654
2010: 6,660
2011: 2,622
2012: 3,527
2013: 3,126
2014: 4,960
2015: 3,216
2016: 4,802
2017: 6,376
2018: 1,920
2019: 4,117
2020: 2,684


 

2019 forest data for Eswatini | Archived forest data for Eswatini | Forest data for Eswatini

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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