Deforestation statistics for Guatemala

Guatemala: Demographic data

Population (2022)	17,915,568
Annual population growth rate (2022)	1.90%
Population density (people/sq km)	167
Net migration	-9,215
Fertility rate	2.9
Median age	23
Urban population share	52%

Guatemala: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 107,160

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 7,693,465
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 71.80%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,581,068
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 20.60%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 2,583,222
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 24.10%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 33.60%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 519,344
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 20.10%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 2,063,878
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 19.30%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 27%

Guatemala: Annual forest and tree cover data

Guatemala: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 16,082
2003: 24,305
2004: 17,270
2005: 33,388
2006: 18,337
2007: 46,827
2008: 29,728
2009: 37,529
2010: 22,750
2011: 17,213
2012: 27,789
2013: 19,871
2014: 18,237
2015: 16,722
2016: 63,225
2017: 22,036
2018: 18,330
2019: 30,255
2020: 39,451

Guatemala: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 53,310
2002: 55,601
2003: 98,174
2004: 56,449
2005: 100,829
2006: 52,558
2007: 126,557
2008: 77,173
2009: 86,945
2010: 59,668
2011: 40,587
2012: 84,045
2013: 55,149
2014: 61,831
2015: 54,147
2016: 178,397
2017: 79,732
2018: 71,161
2019: 90,198
2020: 98,556

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) %
Alta Verapaz	921,726	19,961	38,466	48,167	115,195	221,789	24.1%
Jalapa	88,936	1,989	1,752	1,344	1,304	6,389	7.2%
Jutiapa	103,436	3,096	1,583	938	1,097	6,715	6.5%
Petén	3,051,733	265,171	257,124	149,844	244,313	916,452	30.0%
Quezaltenango	123,513	1,290	2,823	2,941	3,560	10,612	8.6%
Quiché	542,401	11,216	21,214	18,505	30,743	81,678	15.1%
Retalhuleu	46,331	879	1,412	873	2,031	5,196	11.2%
Sacatepéquez	39,369	550	686	796	1,189	3,220	8.2%
San Marcos	230,414	1,321	2,779	2,614	3,183	9,897	4.3%
Santa Rosa	160,649	3,059	3,783	2,000	2,825	11,667	7.3%
Sololá	79,807	635	774	545	653	2,607	3.3%
Baja Verapaz	190,984	5,249	5,097	2,987	5,833	19,167	10.0%
Suchitepéquez	110,283	2,610	4,251	3,883	5,427	16,171	14.7%
Totonicapán	61,429	797	1,056	631	450	2,934	4.8%
Zacapa	157,847	2,642	2,182	2,192	5,940	12,956	8.2%
Chimaltenango	131,224	2,898	3,397	2,803	3,903	13,001	9.9%
Chiquimula	115,161	2,715	1,592	1,441	1,749	7,497	6.5%
El Progreso	83,644	1,223	1,669	1,174	1,075	5,141	6.1%
Escuintla	159,519	2,157	2,851	3,373	3,761	12,142	7.6%
Guatemala	119,769	2,832	4,163	3,189	3,071	13,255	11.1%
Huehuetenango	519,971	7,183	12,602	10,556	12,738	43,078	8.3%
Izabal	655,308	24,888	31,646	34,963	68,004	159,502	24.3%

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) %
Alta Verapaz	Chahal	8,439	185	410	408	2,683	3,686	43.7%
Alta Verapaz	Santa Cruz Verapaz	1,353	41	92	82	116	330	24.4%
Alta Verapaz	Santa María Cahabón	20,983	387	773	942	3,790	5,892	28.1%
Alta Verapaz	Senahú	18,221	347	489	501	2,526	3,862	21.2%
Alta Verapaz	Tactic	2,971	92	185	64	104	444	14.9%
Alta Verapaz	Tamahú	2,494	11	33	30	75	149	6.0%
Alta Verapaz	Tucurú	3,018	24	96	73	156	350	11.6%
Alta Verapaz	Chisec	72,283	1,101	3,633	4,022	5,341	14,097	19.5%
Alta Verapaz	Cobán	74,947	1,134	4,649	3,980	5,837	15,600	20.8%
Alta Verapaz	Fray Bartolomé de las Casas	25,105	278	1,064	937	4,934	7,213	28.7%
Alta Verapaz	Lanquín	1,330	16	38	60	170	284	21.4%
Alta Verapaz	Panzós	25,588	224	275	326	1,014	1,839	7.2%
Alta Verapaz	San Cristóbal Verapaz	7,971	135	430	345	570	1,480	18.6%
Alta Verapaz	San Juan Chamelco	3,091	22	53	50	85	210	6.8%
Alta Verapaz	San Pedro Carchá	25,636	362	926	1,282	3,064	5,634	22.0%
Jutiapa	Moyuta	685	2	14	8	9	33	4.8%
Jutiapa	Pasaco	225	0	0	0	1	1	0.6%
Petén	Dolores	65,277	7,800	11,773	6,274	6,701	32,547	49.9%
Petén	San Luis	90,947	3,064	6,999	7,458	12,895	30,416	33.4%
Petén	Santa Ana	20,105	1,921	3,002	1,765	2,094	8,782	43.7%
Petén	Sayaxché	59,605	9,478	15,436	6,200	4,910	36,024	60.4%
Petén	Flores	327,856	2,633	4,242	3,595	4,360	14,831	4.5%
Petén	La Libertad	218,683	25,341	29,984	13,827	22,276	91,428	41.8%
Petén	Melchor de Mencos	167,473	2,478	5,440	4,161	4,575	16,654	9.9%
Petén	Poptún	64,531	3,678	5,833	4,982	9,962	24,455	37.9%
Petén	San Andrés	426,612	14,734	29,339	13,253	29,717	87,043	20.4%
Petén	San Benito	774	109	148	63	79	399	51.6%
Petén	San Francisco	16,644	1,857	2,603	1,453	2,436	8,348	50.2%
Petén	San José	143,997	907	2,247	1,550	4,088	8,792	6.1%
Quezaltenango	Almolonga	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.7%
Quezaltenango	Huitán	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Quezaltenango	La Esperanza	32	0	5	0	0	5	15.6%
Quezaltenango	Olintepeque	326	0	0	1	0	1	0.4%
Quezaltenango	Ostuncalco	2,524	0	6	8	2	16	0.6%
Quezaltenango	Palestina de Los Altos	634	0	3	2	0	6	0.9%
Quezaltenango	Quetzaltenango	2,172	23	14	5	26	69	3.2%
Quezaltenango	San Carlos Sija	984	2	5	2	5	14	1.4%
Quezaltenango	San Francisco La Unión	283	14	24	2	0	41	14.4%
Quezaltenango	San Martín Sacatepéquez	6,427	4	19	33	12	68	1.1%
Quezaltenango	San Mateo	437	1	10	2	0	12	2.8%
Quezaltenango	San Miguel Sigüilá	302	4	26	0	0	30	9.9%
Quezaltenango	Sibilia	282	0	1	1	0	3	1.0%
Quezaltenango	Zunil	4,190	14	12	6	7	38	0.9%
Quezaltenango	Cajolá	350	0	3	2	0	7	1.9%
Quezaltenango	Cantel	1,633	3	2	3	2	10	0.6%
Quezaltenango	Colomba	866	0	1	0	14	15	1.8%
Quezaltenango	Concepción Chiquirichapa	617	4	3	2	0	8	1.3%
Quezaltenango	El Palmar	2,134	4	9	25	12	50	2.3%
Quiché	Nebaj	17,970	156	348	263	550	1,317	7.3%
Quiché	Patzité	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Quiché	San Juan Cotzal	2,030	28	79	36	43	185	9.1%
Quiché	Chajul	37,202	227	840	1,151	2,317	4,535	12.2%
Quiché	Uspantán	14,739	79	335	327	786	1,528	10.4%
Quiché	Chicaman	14,428	102	310	447	1,059	1,918	13.3%
Quiché	Chichicastenango	1,653	50	32	29	19	130	7.8%
Quiché	Cunén	3,984	14	36	22	36	107	2.7%
Quiché	Ixcán	34,110	1,218	3,532	2,549	1,821	9,121	26.7%
Retalhuleu	Champerico	510	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Retalhuleu	Retalhuleu	4,100	1	3	2	39	45	1.1%
Retalhuleu	San Andrés Villa Seca	361	0	0	1	0	1	0.4%
Sacatepéquez	Alotenango	2,194	0	1	1	70	72	3.3%
Sacatepéquez	San Miguel Dueñas	958	4	15	18	2	39	4.0%
Sacatepéquez	Santa María de Jesús	497	4	3	3	16	26	5.3%
Sacatepéquez	Antigua Guatemala	134	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sacatepéquez	Ciudad Vieja	368	0	0	0	1	1	0.3%
San Marcos	La Reforma	1,467	2	24	12	17	55	3.7%
San Marcos	Nuevo Progreso	1,032	0	9	2	1	12	1.2%
San Marcos	Ocos	663	0	2	0	23	26	3.9%
San Marcos	San Antonio Sacatepéquez	836	0	4	2	0	6	0.8%
San Marcos	San Cristobal Cucho	108	0	1	0	0	1	1.2%
San Marcos	San Lorenzo	490	1	1	1	0	3	0.7%
San Marcos	San Marcos	3,292	3	12	6	8	28	0.9%
San Marcos	San Pablo	2,088	1	12	7	39	58	2.8%
San Marcos	San Pedro Sacatepéquez	1,556	1	8	3	4	15	1.0%
San Marcos	San Rafaél Pie de la Cuesta	191	0	1	0	1	2	1.1%
San Marcos	San Sibinal	864	7	1	1	0	9	1.1%
San Marcos	Tacaná	2,646	26	10	4	9	49	1.9%
San Marcos	Tajumulco	1,651	1	2	2	19	24	1.4%
San Marcos	Comitancillo	52	0	0	0	1	1	2.3%
San Marcos	El Quetzal	155	0	0	0	8	9	5.7%
San Marcos	El Tumbador	1,700	1	11	8	15	34	2.0%
San Marcos	Esquipulas Palo Gordo	2,696	2	15	18	6	41	1.5%
San Marcos	Ixchiguan	49	1	0	0	0	1	2.3%
Santa Rosa	Taxisco	390	23	2	2	1	29	7.4%
Santa Rosa	Chiquimulilla	2,388	41	31	0	1	73	3.0%
Sololá	San Pedro La Laguna	1,654	6	4	3	60	73	4.4%
Sololá	Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan	2,264	9	9	5	5	28	1.2%
Sololá	Santa Lucía Utatlán	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sololá	Santa María Visitación	435	2	1	0	0	2	0.5%
Sololá	Santiago Atitlán	5,968	16	14	22	25	77	1.3%
Sololá	Sololá	1,409	14	9	2	6	31	2.2%
Sololá	Nahualá	2,548	13	15	8	4	39	1.5%
Sololá	San Andrés Semetabaj	211	5	4	1	1	11	5.3%
Sololá	San Juan La Laguna	776	3	6	1	1	10	1.3%
Sololá	San Lucas Tolimán	474	6	2	1	1	10	2.1%
Baja Verapaz	Purulhá	6,545	29	94	97	283	504	7.7%
Baja Verapaz	Salamá	18,905	79	145	234	254	712	3.8%
Baja Verapaz	San Jerónimo	6,401	33	101	76	225	436	6.8%
Suchitepéquez	Chicacao	2,547	25	26	9	18	79	3.1%
Suchitepéquez	San Lorenzo	174	0	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Suchitepéquez	Santa Bárbara	1,951	105	49	26	36	216	11.1%
Suchitepéquez	Santo Domingo Suchitepequez	265	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Suchitepéquez	Zunilito	638	0	0	1	18	19	3.0%
Suchitepéquez	Patulul	2,008	4	14	16	27	61	3.1%
Totonicapán	Momostenango	459	1	1	46	1	49	10.7%
Totonicapán	San Francisco El Alto	502	18	5	28	3	54	10.8%
Totonicapán	Santa María Chiquimula	3,699	43	48	42	48	181	4.9%
Totonicapán	Totonicapán	8,648	66	49	15	22	151	1.7%
Zacapa	Zacapa	883	0	2	5	47	54	6.1%
Zacapa	Gualán	14,343	76	104	135	394	709	4.9%
Zacapa	La Unión	4,148	22	26	98	148	295	7.1%
Zacapa	Río Hondo	7,602	6	5	9	98	118	1.5%
Zacapa	Teculután	6,823	1	9	9	158	177	2.6%
Zacapa	Usumatlán	87	0	0	0	3	3	3.7%
Chimaltenango	Acatenango	908	3	7	9	14	33	3.6%
Chimaltenango	San José Poaquil	225	8	3	12	11	34	15.0%
Chimaltenango	Santa Apolonia	1,365	88	82	48	48	267	19.5%
Chimaltenango	Tecpán Guatemala	6,486	314	262	211	238	1,025	15.8%
Chimaltenango	Yepocapa	3,313	4	2	14	27	47	1.4%
Chimaltenango	Zaragoza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Chimaltenango	Comalapa	907	12	26	26	42	106	11.7%
Chimaltenango	Patzicía	513	7	3	5	1	17	3.2%
Chimaltenango	Patzún	2,554	7	13	7	35	63	2.4%
Chimaltenango	Pochuta	527	3	2	1	0	5	1.0%
Chimaltenango	San Andrés Itzapa	1,401	14	5	8	5	32	2.3%
Chiquimula	Camotán	260	1	4	2	6	13	5.0%
Chiquimula	Concepción Las Minas	1,853	3	2	1	3	8	0.5%
Chiquimula	Esquipulas	2,298	25	17	17	20	79	3.4%
Chiquimula	Jocotán	65	0	0	1	2	3	4.8%
El Progreso	Morazán	692	3	1	5	18	26	3.8%
El Progreso	San Agustín Acasaguastlán	2,864	20	15	16	33	84	2.9%
El Progreso	San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán	5,061	17	10	8	45	79	1.6%
Escuintla	Escuintla	2,248	6	6	25	16	54	2.4%
Escuintla	Tiquisate	134	3	3	0	0	7	5.4%
Escuintla	Guanagazapa	100	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Escuintla	Iztapa	754	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Escuintla	La Gomera	1,360	1	2	4	2	8	0.6%
Escuintla	Nueva Concepción	154	0	1	1	0	2	1.4%
Escuintla	Palín	976	2	8	5	1	16	1.6%
Escuintla	San José	194	0	0	0	0	1	0.3%
Huehuetenango	Aguacatán	860	13	13	8	7	41	4.7%
Huehuetenango	Nentón	8,171	57	242	122	222	642	7.9%
Huehuetenango	San Juan Ixcoy	5,805	9	38	91	135	273	4.7%
Huehuetenango	San Mateo Ixtatán	16,448	73	155	310	431	969	5.9%
Huehuetenango	San Pedro Necta	99	0	0	0	3	3	3.0%
Huehuetenango	Chiantla	1,330	6	2	5	14	28	2.1%
Huehuetenango	Santa Cruz Barillas	48,719	1,166	3,307	2,419	2,852	9,743	20.0%
Huehuetenango	Santa Eulalia	6,403	55	133	131	159	479	7.5%
Huehuetenango	Soloma	1,559	11	5	10	14	40	2.5%
Huehuetenango	Tectitán	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Huehuetenango	Cuilco	4,545	51	67	55	51	223	4.9%
Huehuetenango	La Democracia	428	4	8	21	7	39	9.1%
Huehuetenango	La Libertad	751	6	13	14	4	38	5.0%
Izabal	El Estor	94,535	2,410	3,611	4,587	11,944	22,552	23.9%
Izabal	Livingston	75,949	1,660	3,729	3,676	8,714	17,778	23.4%
Izabal	Los Amates	15,629	307	590	365	799	2,061	13.2%
Izabal	Morales	24,013	878	1,747	723	1,280	4,627	19.3%
Izabal	NA	642	2	3	4	9	18	2.8%
Izabal	Puerto Barrios	32,914	2,252	3,236	2,558	1,316	9,361	28.4%
Izabal	San Luis	24,225	533	1,029	710	1,322	3,595	14.8%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Alta Verapaz	293,431	4,360	13,146	13,099	30,466	61,071	20.8%
Jutiapa	910	2	14	9	10	34	3.8%
Petén	1,602,503	74,000	117,047	64,580	104,094	359,720	22.4%
Quezaltenango	24,202	73	143	96	81	393	1.6%
Quiché	126,125	1,875	5,513	4,824	6,630	18,841	14.9%
Retalhuleu	4,971	1	3	3	39	46	0.9%
Sacatepéquez	4,152	9	19	22	89	138	3.3%
San Marcos	21,537	45	110	68	153	377	1.7%
Santa Rosa	2,778	64	33	3	2	102	3.7%
Sololá	15,744	73	62	45	102	282	1.8%
Baja Verapaz	31,851	142	340	408	762	1,652	5.2%
Suchitepéquez	7,583	135	90	53	99	377	5.0%
Totonicapán	13,307	128	104	131	73	436	3.3%
Zacapa	33,884	106	147	256	848	1,356	4.0%
Chimaltenango	18,200	461	404	342	420	1,627	8.9%
Chiquimula	4,476	28	22	22	31	103	2.3%
El Progreso	8,617	39	25	30	96	190	2.2%
Escuintla	5,919	12	21	35	20	88	1.5%
Huehuetenango	95,122	1,451	3,982	3,186	3,898	12,517	13.2%
Izabal	267,908	8,041	13,945	12,624	25,383	59,993	22.4%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Alta Verapaz	Chahal	8,439	185	410	408	2,683	3,686	43.7%
Alta Verapaz	Santa Cruz Verapaz	1,353	41	92	82	116	330	24.4%
Alta Verapaz	Santa María Cahabón	20,983	387	773	942	3,790	5,892	28.1%
Alta Verapaz	Senahú	18,221	347	489	501	2,526	3,862	21.2%
Alta Verapaz	Tactic	2,971	92	185	64	104	444	14.9%
Alta Verapaz	Tamahú	2,494	11	33	30	75	149	6.0%
Alta Verapaz	Tucurú	3,018	24	96	73	156	350	11.6%
Alta Verapaz	Chisec	72,283	1,101	3,633	4,022	5,341	14,097	19.5%
Alta Verapaz	Cobán	74,947	1,134	4,649	3,980	5,837	15,600	20.8%
Alta Verapaz	Fray Bartolomé de las Casas	25,105	278	1,064	937	4,934	7,213	28.7%
Alta Verapaz	Lanquín	1,330	16	38	60	170	284	21.4%
Alta Verapaz	Panzós	25,588	224	275	326	1,014	1,839	7.2%
Alta Verapaz	San Cristóbal Verapaz	7,971	135	430	345	570	1,480	18.6%
Alta Verapaz	San Juan Chamelco	3,091	22	53	50	85	210	6.8%
Alta Verapaz	San Pedro Carchá	25,636	362	926	1,282	3,064	5,634	22.0%
Jutiapa	Moyuta	685	2	14	8	9	33	4.8%
Jutiapa	Pasaco	225	0	0	0	1	1	0.6%
Petén	Dolores	65,277	7,800	11,773	6,274	6,701	32,547	49.9%
Petén	San Luis	90,947	3,064	6,999	7,458	12,895	30,416	33.4%
Petén	Santa Ana	20,105	1,921	3,002	1,765	2,094	8,782	43.7%
Petén	Sayaxché	59,605	9,478	15,436	6,200	4,910	36,024	60.4%
Petén	Flores	327,856	2,633	4,242	3,595	4,360	14,831	4.5%
Petén	La Libertad	218,683	25,341	29,984	13,827	22,276	91,428	41.8%
Petén	Melchor de Mencos	167,473	2,478	5,440	4,161	4,575	16,654	9.9%
Petén	Poptún	64,531	3,678	5,833	4,982	9,962	24,455	37.9%
Petén	San Andrés	426,612	14,734	29,339	13,253	29,717	87,043	20.4%
Petén	San Benito	774	109	148	63	79	399	51.6%
Petén	San Francisco	16,644	1,857	2,603	1,453	2,436	8,348	50.2%
Petén	San José	143,997	907	2,247	1,550	4,088	8,792	6.1%
Quezaltenango	Almolonga	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.7%
Quezaltenango	Huitán	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Quezaltenango	La Esperanza	32	0	5	0	0	5	15.6%
Quezaltenango	Olintepeque	326	0	0	1	0	1	0.4%
Quezaltenango	Ostuncalco	2,524	0	6	8	2	16	0.6%
Quezaltenango	Palestina de Los Altos	634	0	3	2	0	6	0.9%
Quezaltenango	Quetzaltenango	2,172	23	14	5	26	69	3.2%
Quezaltenango	San Carlos Sija	984	2	5	2	5	14	1.4%
Quezaltenango	San Francisco La Unión	283	14	24	2	0	41	14.4%
Quezaltenango	San Martín Sacatepéquez	6,427	4	19	33	12	68	1.1%
Quezaltenango	San Mateo	437	1	10	2	0	12	2.8%
Quezaltenango	San Miguel Sigüilá	302	4	26	0	0	30	9.9%
Quezaltenango	Sibilia	282	0	1	1	0	3	1.0%
Quezaltenango	Zunil	4,190	14	12	6	7	38	0.9%
Quezaltenango	Cajolá	350	0	3	2	0	7	1.9%
Quezaltenango	Cantel	1,633	3	2	3	2	10	0.6%
Quezaltenango	Colomba	866	0	1	0	14	15	1.8%
Quezaltenango	Concepción Chiquirichapa	617	4	3	2	0	8	1.3%
Quezaltenango	El Palmar	2,134	4	9	25	12	50	2.3%
Quiché	Nebaj	17,970	156	348	263	550	1,317	7.3%
Quiché	Patzité	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Quiché	San Juan Cotzal	2,030	28	79	36	43	185	9.1%
Quiché	Chajul	37,202	227	840	1,151	2,317	4,535	12.2%
Quiché	Uspantán	14,739	79	335	327	786	1,528	10.4%
Quiché	Chicaman	14,428	102	310	447	1,059	1,918	13.3%
Quiché	Chichicastenango	1,653	50	32	29	19	130	7.8%
Quiché	Cunén	3,984	14	36	22	36	107	2.7%
Quiché	Ixcán	34,110	1,218	3,532	2,549	1,821	9,121	26.7%
Retalhuleu	Champerico	510	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Retalhuleu	Retalhuleu	4,100	1	3	2	39	45	1.1%
Retalhuleu	San Andrés Villa Seca	361	0	0	1	0	1	0.4%
Sacatepéquez	Alotenango	2,194	0	1	1	70	72	3.3%
Sacatepéquez	San Miguel Dueñas	958	4	15	18	2	39	4.0%
Sacatepéquez	Santa María de Jesús	497	4	3	3	16	26	5.3%
Sacatepéquez	Antigua Guatemala	134	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sacatepéquez	Ciudad Vieja	368	0	0	0	1	1	0.3%
San Marcos	La Reforma	1,467	2	24	12	17	55	3.7%
San Marcos	Nuevo Progreso	1,032	0	9	2	1	12	1.2%
San Marcos	Ocos	663	0	2	0	23	26	3.9%
San Marcos	San Antonio Sacatepéquez	836	0	4	2	0	6	0.8%
San Marcos	San Cristobal Cucho	108	0	1	0	0	1	1.2%
San Marcos	San Lorenzo	490	1	1	1	0	3	0.7%
San Marcos	San Marcos	3,292	3	12	6	8	28	0.9%
San Marcos	San Pablo	2,088	1	12	7	39	58	2.8%
San Marcos	San Pedro Sacatepéquez	1,556	1	8	3	4	15	1.0%
San Marcos	San Rafaél Pie de la Cuesta	191	0	1	0	1	2	1.1%
San Marcos	San Sibinal	864	7	1	1	0	9	1.1%
San Marcos	Tacaná	2,646	26	10	4	9	49	1.9%
San Marcos	Tajumulco	1,651	1	2	2	19	24	1.4%
San Marcos	Comitancillo	52	0	0	0	1	1	2.3%
San Marcos	El Quetzal	155	0	0	0	8	9	5.7%
San Marcos	El Tumbador	1,700	1	11	8	15	34	2.0%
San Marcos	Esquipulas Palo Gordo	2,696	2	15	18	6	41	1.5%
San Marcos	Ixchiguan	49	1	0	0	0	1	2.3%
Santa Rosa	Taxisco	390	23	2	2	1	29	7.4%
Santa Rosa	Chiquimulilla	2,388	41	31	0	1	73	3.0%
Sololá	San Pedro La Laguna	1,654	6	4	3	60	73	4.4%
Sololá	Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan	2,264	9	9	5	5	28	1.2%
Sololá	Santa Lucía Utatlán	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Sololá	Santa María Visitación	435	2	1	0	0	2	0.5%
Sololá	Santiago Atitlán	5,968	16	14	22	25	77	1.3%
Sololá	Sololá	1,409	14	9	2	6	31	2.2%
Sololá	Nahualá	2,548	13	15	8	4	39	1.5%
Sololá	San Andrés Semetabaj	211	5	4	1	1	11	5.3%
Sololá	San Juan La Laguna	776	3	6	1	1	10	1.3%
Sololá	San Lucas Tolimán	474	6	2	1	1	10	2.1%
Baja Verapaz	Purulhá	6,545	29	94	97	283	504	7.7%
Baja Verapaz	Salamá	18,905	79	145	234	254	712	3.8%
Baja Verapaz	San Jerónimo	6,401	33	101	76	225	436	6.8%
Suchitepéquez	Chicacao	2,547	25	26	9	18	79	3.1%
Suchitepéquez	San Lorenzo	174	0	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Suchitepéquez	Santa Bárbara	1,951	105	49	26	36	216	11.1%
Suchitepéquez	Santo Domingo Suchitepequez	265	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Suchitepéquez	Zunilito	638	0	0	1	18	19	3.0%
Suchitepéquez	Patulul	2,008	4	14	16	27	61	3.1%
Totonicapán	Momostenango	459	1	1	46	1	49	10.7%
Totonicapán	San Francisco El Alto	502	18	5	28	3	54	10.8%
Totonicapán	Santa María Chiquimula	3,699	43	48	42	48	181	4.9%
Totonicapán	Totonicapán	8,648	66	49	15	22	151	1.7%
Zacapa	Zacapa	883	0	2	5	47	54	6.1%
Zacapa	Gualán	14,343	76	104	135	394	709	4.9%
Zacapa	La Unión	4,148	22	26	98	148	295	7.1%
Zacapa	Río Hondo	7,602	6	5	9	98	118	1.5%
Zacapa	Teculután	6,823	1	9	9	158	177	2.6%
Zacapa	Usumatlán	87	0	0	0	3	3	3.7%
Chimaltenango	Acatenango	908	3	7	9	14	33	3.6%
Chimaltenango	San José Poaquil	225	8	3	12	11	34	15.0%
Chimaltenango	Santa Apolonia	1,365	88	82	48	48	267	19.5%
Chimaltenango	Tecpán Guatemala	6,486	314	262	211	238	1,025	15.8%
Chimaltenango	Yepocapa	3,313	4	2	14	27	47	1.4%
Chimaltenango	Zaragoza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Chimaltenango	Comalapa	907	12	26	26	42	106	11.7%
Chimaltenango	Patzicía	513	7	3	5	1	17	3.2%
Chimaltenango	Patzún	2,554	7	13	7	35	63	2.4%
Chimaltenango	Pochuta	527	3	2	1	0	5	1.0%
Chimaltenango	San Andrés Itzapa	1,401	14	5	8	5	32	2.3%
Chiquimula	Camotán	260	1	4	2	6	13	5.0%
Chiquimula	Concepción Las Minas	1,853	3	2	1	3	8	0.5%
Chiquimula	Esquipulas	2,298	25	17	17	20	79	3.4%
Chiquimula	Jocotán	65	0	0	1	2	3	4.8%
El Progreso	Morazán	692	3	1	5	18	26	3.8%
El Progreso	San Agustín Acasaguastlán	2,864	20	15	16	33	84	2.9%
El Progreso	San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán	5,061	17	10	8	45	79	1.6%
Escuintla	Escuintla	2,248	6	6	25	16	54	2.4%
Escuintla	Tiquisate	134	3	3	0	0	7	5.4%
Escuintla	Guanagazapa	100	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Escuintla	Iztapa	754	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Escuintla	La Gomera	1,360	1	2	4	2	8	0.6%
Escuintla	Nueva Concepción	154	0	1	1	0	2	1.4%
Escuintla	Palín	976	2	8	5	1	16	1.6%
Escuintla	San José	194	0	0	0	0	1	0.3%
Huehuetenango	Aguacatán	860	13	13	8	7	41	4.7%
Huehuetenango	Nentón	8,171	57	242	122	222	642	7.9%
Huehuetenango	San Juan Ixcoy	5,805	9	38	91	135	273	4.7%
Huehuetenango	San Mateo Ixtatán	16,448	73	155	310	431	969	5.9%
Huehuetenango	San Pedro Necta	99	0	0	0	3	3	3.0%
Huehuetenango	Chiantla	1,330	6	2	5	14	28	2.1%
Huehuetenango	Santa Cruz Barillas	48,719	1,166	3,307	2,419	2,852	9,743	20.0%
Huehuetenango	Santa Eulalia	6,403	55	133	131	159	479	7.5%
Huehuetenango	Soloma	1,559	11	5	10	14	40	2.5%
Huehuetenango	Tectitán	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Huehuetenango	Cuilco	4,545	51	67	55	51	223	4.9%
Huehuetenango	La Democracia	428	4	8	21	7	39	9.1%
Huehuetenango	La Libertad	751	6	13	14	4	38	5.0%
Izabal	El Estor	94,535	2,410	3,611	4,587	11,944	22,552	23.9%
Izabal	Livingston	75,949	1,660	3,729	3,676	8,714	17,778	23.4%
Izabal	Los Amates	15,629	307	590	365	799	2,061	13.2%
Izabal	Morales	24,013	878	1,747	723	1,280	4,627	19.3%
Izabal	NA	642	2	3	4	9	18	2.8%
Izabal	Puerto Barrios	32,914	2,252	3,236	2,558	1,316	9,361	28.4%
Izabal	San Luis	24,225	533	1,029	710	1,322	3,595	14.8%

2019 forest data for Guatemala | Archived forest data for Guatemala | Forest data for Guatemala

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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