Deforestation statistics for France
France: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 65,273,511 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 0.20% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 119 |
Net migration | 36,527 |
Fertility rate | 1.9 |
Median age | 42 |
Urban population share | 82% |
France: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 547,557 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 16,783,095 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 30.7% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,220,452 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 7.3% |
France: Annual forest and tree cover data
France: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 34,421 2002: 33,889 2003: 26,393 2004: 76,135 2005: 46,391 2006: 55,050 2007: 49,246 2008: 86,956 2009: 67,054 2010: 143,266 2011: 64,075 2012: 67,303 2013: 30,352 2014: 44,359 2015: 37,293 2016: 60,769 2017: 69,249 2018: 69,202 2019: 81,305 2020: 77,746 |
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) % |
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 2,713,108 | 20,006 | 26,620 | 24,406 | 47,703 | 118,735 | 4.4% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 2,992,871 | 96,051 | 216,929 | 117,169 | 129,915 | 560,064 | 18.7% |
Occitanie | 2,489,035 | 20,589 | 26,014 | 23,629 | 38,914 | 109,147 | 4.4% |
Pays de la Loire | 451,942 | 2,901 | 5,679 | 5,836 | 7,303 | 21,719 | 4.8% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1,131,067 | 17,008 | 17,763 | 12,520 | 23,796 | 71,087 | 6.3% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 1,787,530 | 14,322 | 34,240 | 14,091 | 30,615 | 93,269 | 5.2% |
Bretagne | 502,681 | 4,730 | 7,323 | 7,816 | 9,167 | 29,036 | 5.8% |
Centre-Val de Loire | 967,071 | 7,368 | 17,698 | 11,402 | 13,932 | 50,400 | 5.2% |
Corse | 535,397 | 6,983 | 5,539 | 4,471 | 11,690 | 28,682 | 5.4% |
Grand Est | 1,937,904 | 17,699 | 28,919 | 12,549 | 32,588 | 91,755 | 4.7% |
Hauts-de-France | 485,680 | 4,830 | 6,034 | 3,608 | 6,092 | 20,564 | 4.2% |
Île-de-France | 300,583 | 2,045 | 3,053 | 1,367 | 1,656 | 8,121 | 2.7% |
Normandie | 488,151 | 2,698 | 5,759 | 4,514 | 4,897 | 17,867 | 3.7% |
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) % |
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Normandie | Seine-Maritime | 110,490 | 1,026 | 1,782 | 1,116 | 1,290 | 5,215 | 4.7% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Puy-de-Dôme | 320,345 | 4,112 | 4,699 | 5,858 | 11,194 | 25,863 | 8.1% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Rhône | 83,186 | 878 | 2,189 | 1,519 | 3,558 | 8,144 | 9.8% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Savoie | 244,486 | 501 | 689 | 603 | 1,384 | 3,177 | 1.3% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Allier | 145,471 | 1,196 | 1,276 | 1,618 | 2,643 | 6,733 | 4.6% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Ardèche | 313,129 | 2,811 | 3,811 | 2,998 | 4,899 | 14,519 | 4.6% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Cantal | 211,913 | 2,320 | 1,615 | 1,850 | 2,703 | 8,488 | 4.0% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Drôme | 269,522 | 1,329 | 2,024 | 1,517 | 2,957 | 7,826 | 2.9% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Haute-Loire | 224,626 | 1,690 | 2,789 | 3,099 | 5,725 | 13,303 | 5.9% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Haute-Savoie | 222,431 | 1,425 | 1,792 | 980 | 2,110 | 6,307 | 2.8% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Isère | 306,405 | 1,284 | 1,957 | 1,816 | 3,623 | 8,680 | 2.8% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Loire | 152,687 | 1,696 | 2,279 | 1,757 | 4,314 | 10,047 | 6.6% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Charente-Maritime | 119,782 | 1,240 | 1,801 | 1,689 | 2,324 | 7,054 | 5.9% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Lot-et-Garonne | 117,631 | 3,427 | 7,092 | 5,860 | 7,642 | 24,021 | 20.4% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 318,902 | 1,710 | 1,647 | 1,268 | 1,362 | 5,987 | 1.9% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Vienne | 126,685 | 891 | 2,169 | 2,645 | 2,366 | 8,072 | 6.4% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Charente | 132,889 | 1,780 | 2,736 | 2,013 | 2,226 | 8,754 | 6.6% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Corrèze | 313,879 | 8,025 | 8,331 | 8,847 | 15,299 | 40,503 | 12.9% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Creuse | 198,545 | 4,173 | 5,360 | 5,637 | 8,841 | 24,011 | 12.1% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Deux-Sèvres | 71,483 | 1,000 | 723 | 1,281 | 785 | 3,788 | 5.3% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Dordogne | 428,160 | 6,359 | 8,568 | 6,523 | 10,106 | 31,556 | 7.4% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Gironde | 435,153 | 15,681 | 40,249 | 24,958 | 35,331 | 116,218 | 26.7% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Haute-Vienne | 187,203 | 3,636 | 4,153 | 2,638 | 6,517 | 16,943 | 9.1% |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Landes | 542,559 | 48,129 | 134,100 | 53,812 | 37,117 | 273,158 | 50.3% |
Occitanie | Ariège | 279,168 | 665 | 807 | 818 | 1,580 | 3,870 | 1.4% |
Occitanie | Lozère | 251,159 | 6,510 | 6,298 | 4,367 | 6,514 | 23,689 | 9.4% |
Occitanie | Pyrénées-Orientales | 176,463 | 811 | 1,341 | 877 | 1,333 | 4,362 | 2.5% |
Occitanie | Tarn-et-Garonne | 58,491 | 402 | 440 | 376 | 683 | 1,901 | 3.3% |
Occitanie | Tarn | 173,172 | 2,073 | 3,762 | 3,996 | 5,324 | 15,155 | 8.8% |
Occitanie | Aude | 233,917 | 1,317 | 2,328 | 2,049 | 5,919 | 11,614 | 5.0% |
Occitanie | Aveyron | 267,067 | 2,426 | 1,983 | 2,066 | 4,072 | 10,547 | 3.9% |
Occitanie | Gard | 236,858 | 1,714 | 2,687 | 2,892 | 6,290 | 13,584 | 5.7% |
Occitanie | Gers | 71,489 | 647 | 1,096 | 942 | 583 | 3,268 | 4.6% |
Occitanie | Haute-Garonne | 144,530 | 597 | 728 | 615 | 809 | 2,749 | 1.9% |
Occitanie | Hautes-Pyrénées | 193,496 | 611 | 735 | 579 | 735 | 2,659 | 1.4% |
Occitanie | Hérault | 213,361 | 1,519 | 2,525 | 2,598 | 3,443 | 10,085 | 4.7% |
Occitanie | Lot | 189,865 | 1,297 | 1,283 | 1,453 | 1,630 | 5,663 | 3.0% |
Pays de la Loire | Loire-Atlantique | 94,814 | 192 | 498 | 567 | 773 | 2,030 | 2.1% |
Pays de la Loire | Maine-et-Loire | 113,088 | 997 | 1,795 | 2,140 | 2,222 | 7,154 | 6.3% |
Pays de la Loire | Mayenne | 50,752 | 175 | 249 | 303 | 538 | 1,265 | 2.5% |
Pays de la Loire | Sarthe | 132,345 | 1,315 | 2,770 | 2,519 | 3,408 | 10,012 | 7.6% |
Pays de la Loire | Vendée | 60,942 | 221 | 367 | 307 | 362 | 1,258 | 2.1% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 270,396 | 3,743 | 4,382 | 2,772 | 4,768 | 15,665 | 5.8% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Alpes-Maritimes | 195,409 | 834 | 973 | 496 | 1,409 | 3,712 | 1.9% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Bouches-du-Rhône | 103,290 | 2,194 | 2,995 | 2,014 | 2,808 | 10,012 | 9.7% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Hautes-Alpes | 174,096 | 734 | 828 | 718 | 1,706 | 3,987 | 2.3% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Var | 299,017 | 8,516 | 7,000 | 5,311 | 11,188 | 32,015 | 10.7% |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Vaucluse | 88,859 | 987 | 1,585 | 1,208 | 1,917 | 5,697 | 6.4% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Côte-d'Or | 306,615 | 2,322 | 6,453 | 2,213 | 3,577 | 14,564 | 4.7% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Doubs | 262,193 | 1,706 | 4,238 | 1,358 | 4,236 | 11,539 | 4.4% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Haute-Saône | 246,482 | 1,723 | 4,213 | 2,234 | 5,772 | 13,942 | 5.7% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Jura | 270,606 | 963 | 2,938 | 1,030 | 3,333 | 8,264 | 3.1% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Nièvre | 243,730 | 2,925 | 7,224 | 3,481 | 5,770 | 19,400 | 8.0% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Saône-et-Loire | 208,496 | 2,259 | 4,410 | 2,340 | 4,839 | 13,848 | 6.6% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Territoire de Belfort | 29,491 | 244 | 377 | 143 | 429 | 1,192 | 4.0% |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Yonne | 219,918 | 2,181 | 4,387 | 1,293 | 2,659 | 10,520 | 4.8% |
Bretagne | Côtes-d'Armor | 135,807 | 1,277 | 2,117 | 2,946 | 2,734 | 9,075 | 6.7% |
Bretagne | Finistère | 121,462 | 1,373 | 2,177 | 1,769 | 2,483 | 7,802 | 6.4% |
Bretagne | Ille-et-Vilaine | 91,403 | 303 | 1,028 | 957 | 1,043 | 3,331 | 3.6% |
Bretagne | Morbihan | 154,010 | 1,777 | 2,001 | 2,144 | 2,907 | 8,828 | 5.7% |
Centre-Val de Loire | Cher | 182,848 | 1,470 | 3,018 | 3,324 | 2,824 | 10,635 | 5.8% |
Centre-Val de Loire | Eure-et-Loir | 69,251 | 352 | 1,089 | 370 | 304 | 2,115 | 3.1% |
Centre-Val de Loire | Indre-et-Loire | 163,509 | 1,149 | 3,000 | 1,629 | 2,543 | 8,321 | 5.1% |
Centre-Val de Loire | Indre | 133,167 | 602 | 1,901 | 683 | 1,388 | 4,574 | 3.4% |
Centre-Val de Loire | Loir-et-Cher | 227,248 | 2,162 | 4,904 | 2,955 | 4,591 | 14,613 | 6.4% |
Centre-Val de Loire | Loiret | 191,048 | 1,633 | 3,786 | 2,441 | 2,282 | 10,141 | 5.3% |
Corse | Corse-du-Sud | 269,314 | 2,688 | 3,514 | 2,142 | 4,203 | 12,547 | 4.7% |
Corse | Haute-Corse | 266,083 | 4,294 | 2,024 | 2,329 | 7,487 | 16,135 | 6.1% |
Grand Est | Ardennes | 171,447 | 1,091 | 4,683 | 3,259 | 5,426 | 14,458 | 8.4% |
Grand Est | Vosges | 305,155 | 3,751 | 4,805 | 2,343 | 6,191 | 17,090 | 5.6% |
Grand Est | Aube | 139,612 | 1,884 | 2,933 | 985 | 1,928 | 7,730 | 5.5% |
Grand Est | Bas-Rhin | 189,322 | 1,911 | 1,846 | 604 | 1,707 | 6,069 | 3.2% |
Grand Est | Haut-Rhin | 154,824 | 629 | 953 | 400 | 1,184 | 3,167 | 2.0% |
Grand Est | Haute-Marne | 245,664 | 1,322 | 3,089 | 1,015 | 2,513 | 7,940 | 3.2% |
Grand Est | Marne | 145,844 | 2,732 | 2,442 | 1,103 | 2,797 | 9,074 | 6.2% |
Grand Est | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 167,056 | 1,140 | 1,468 | 595 | 1,977 | 5,180 | 3.1% |
Grand Est | Meuse | 224,629 | 1,243 | 3,754 | 1,117 | 5,525 | 11,639 | 5.2% |
Grand Est | Moselle | 194,350 | 1,995 | 2,946 | 1,128 | 3,339 | 9,408 | 4.8% |
Hauts-de-France | Aisne | 154,199 | 1,825 | 2,134 | 1,371 | 2,605 | 7,935 | 5.1% |
Hauts-de-France | Nord | 66,054 | 391 | 1,075 | 414 | 1,049 | 2,930 | 4.4% |
Hauts-de-France | Oise | 137,477 | 1,438 | 1,705 | 1,093 | 1,511 | 5,747 | 4.2% |
Hauts-de-France | Pas-de-Calais | 61,225 | 534 | 470 | 340 | 422 | 1,765 | 2.9% |
Hauts-de-France | Somme | 66,726 | 642 | 650 | 390 | 506 | 2,187 | 3.3% |
Île-de-France | Essonne | 44,701 | 214 | 315 | 89 | 157 | 775 | 1.7% |
Île-de-France | Hauts-de-Seine | 2,940 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 1.8% |
Île-de-France | Paris | 965 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.9% |
Île-de-France | Seine-et-Marne | 143,957 | 1,073 | 1,446 | 857 | 986 | 4,362 | 3.0% |
Île-de-France | Seine-Saint-Denis | 1,770 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 2.5% |
Île-de-France | Val-d'Oise | 27,819 | 190 | 362 | 95 | 234 | 881 | 3.2% |
Île-de-France | Val-de-Marne | 2,995 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 59 | 2.0% |
Île-de-France | Yvelines | 75,436 | 518 | 889 | 302 | 229 | 1,939 | 2.6% |
Normandie | Calvados | 70,273 | 160 | 403 | 319 | 579 | 1,461 | 2.1% |
Normandie | Eure | 127,742 | 613 | 1,893 | 1,692 | 1,500 | 5,698 | 4.5% |
Normandie | Manche | 65,337 | 77 | 293 | 263 | 240 | 873 | 1.3% |
Normandie | Orne | 114,308 | 822 | 1,387 | 1,124 | 1,287 | 4,620 | 4.0% |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Ain | 218,906 | 764 | 1,501 | 792 | 2,592 | 5,649 | 2.6% |
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2019 forest data for France | Archived forest data for France | Forest data for France
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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