Deforestation statistics for Finland



Finland: Demographic data

Population (2022)5,540,720
Annual population growth rate (2022)0.20%
Population density (people/sq km)18
Net migration14,000
Fertility rate1.5
Median age43
Urban population share86%


Finland: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 303,890
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 21,627,845
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 71.2%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 3,856,890
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 17.8%


Finland: Annual forest and tree cover data

Finland: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 151,005
2002: 142,434
2003: 89,697
2004: 146,604
2005: 230,335
2006: 182,296
2007: 151,916
2008: 200,194
2009: 176,322
2010: 167,509
2011: 159,356
2012: 160,312
2013: 148,662
2014: 186,630
2015: 172,641
2016: 240,430
2017: 336,202
2018: 269,957
2019: 289,913
2020: 254,475




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

Sub-national admin area 1Tree 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)
%
Eastern Finland4,374,433195,820218,656207,239361,387983,10222.5%
Lapland5,264,32079,454104,81693,144155,513432,9288.2%
Oulu4,388,372141,322161,166158,552265,386726,42616.6%
Southern Finland1,487,53568,85987,22988,485134,841379,41425.5%
Western Finland6,112,992274,612306,363280,174473,8381,334,98721.8%




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

Sub-national admin area 1Admin area 2Tree 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)
%
Western FinlandTavastia Proper386,80019,85724,71322,01236,165102,74626.6%
Eastern FinlandNorth Savonia1,399,03262,14069,37562,690109,388303,59221.7%
Eastern FinlandPäijänne Tavastia168,6167,1548,5557,83814,05937,60622.3%
Eastern FinlandSouthern Savonia1,290,01163,50171,00966,827113,693315,03024.4%
LaplandLapland5,264,32079,454104,81693,144155,513432,9288.2%
OuluKainuu1,744,09856,45368,84559,807104,954290,05816.6%
OuluNorthern Ostrobothnia2,644,27484,86992,32198,745160,432436,36816.5%
Southern FinlandEastern Uusimaa180,3908,39510,89511,67216,01646,97826.0%
Southern FinlandKymenlaakso376,47018,48322,95922,66240,160104,26327.7%
Southern FinlandPäijänne Tavastia44,0982,7392,9643,7953,86013,35930.3%
Southern FinlandSouth Karelia460,84423,06228,87129,81747,265129,01528.0%
Southern FinlandUusimaa425,73216,18021,54020,53827,54185,79920.2%
Western FinlandCentral Finland1,402,16663,74972,36269,176113,090318,37722.7%
Western FinlandCentral Ostrobothnia386,74014,67316,40613,75925,30770,14618.1%
Western FinlandFinland Proper646,45027,05829,72028,26947,243132,28920.5%
Western FinlandOstrobothnia553,76128,23325,39019,57035,784108,97719.7%
Western FinlandPäijänne Tavastia172,2838,5039,7868,97315,31442,57624.7%
Western FinlandPirkanmaa1,041,31645,69255,45651,51088,205240,86223.1%
Western FinlandSatakunta585,47925,32427,72027,53845,386125,96821.5%
Western FinlandSouthern Ostrobothnia937,99641,52344,81039,36767,345193,04520.6%
Eastern FinlandNorth Karelia1,516,77463,02569,71769,884124,247326,87321.6%


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2019 forest data for Finland | Archived forest data for Finland | Forest data for Finland

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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