Deforestation statistics for Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 7,496,981 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 0.80% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 7,140 |
Net migration | 29,308 |
Fertility rate | 1.3 |
Median age | 45 |
Urban population share | N.A. |
Hong Kong: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 1,050 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 62,046 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 59.1% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 673 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 1.1% |
Hong Kong: Annual forest and tree cover data
Hong Kong: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 8 2002: 16 2003: 7 2004: 19 2005: 9 2006: 21 2007: 30 2008: 27 2009: 50 2010: 13 2011: 15 2012: 14 2013: 5 2014: 28 2015: 24 2016: 43 2017: 92 2018: 156 2019: 25 2020: 73 |
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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Central and Western | 626 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4% |
Sham Shui Po | 158 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.4% |
Southern | 2,803 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.5% |
Tai Po | 10,760 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 87 | 0.8% |
Tsuen Wan | 4,217 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0.4% |
Tuen Mun | 2,897 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 77 | 99 | 3.4% |
Wan Chai | 499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
Wong Tai Sin | 413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% |
Yau Tsim Mong | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Yuen Long | 4,220 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 47 | 1.1% |
Eastern | 1,043 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.2% |
Islands | 11,768 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 0.4% |
Kowloon City | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0% |
Kwai Tsing | 630 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
Kwun Tong | 165 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 19.9% |
North | 7,933 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 103 | 1.3% |
Sai Kung | 9,244 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 71 | 0.8% |
Sha Tin | 4,611 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 113 | 141 | 3.1% |
2019 forest data for Hong Kong | Archived forest data for Hong Kong | Forest data for Hong Kong
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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