Deforestation statistics for Italy

Italy: Demographic data

Population (2022)	60,461,826
Annual population growth rate (2022)	-0.20%
Population density (people/sq km)	206
Net migration	148,943
Fertility rate	1.3
Median age	47
Urban population share	69%

Italy: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 294,140

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 9,318,998
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 31.7%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 386,817
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 4.2%

Italy: Annual forest and tree cover data

Italy: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 9,872
2002: 10,931
2003: 3,613
2004: 17,225
2005: 10,896
2006: 8,902
2007: 11,590
2008: 15,154
2009: 14,793
2010: 15,806
2011: 11,451
2012: 21,490
2013: 15,525
2014: 19,833
2015: 14,125
2016: 24,722
2017: 34,095
2018: 38,844
2019: 59,705
2020: 28,247

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) %
Abruzzo	351,876	685	2,732	1,012	2,182	6,611	1.9%
Lombardia	635,358	1,657	1,884	1,604	5,779	10,924	1.7%
Marche	220,563	551	1,024	826	1,682	4,082	1.9%
Molise	136,703	1,068	1,011	1,217	2,083	5,378	3.9%
Piemonte	862,735	2,796	3,690	2,334	6,445	15,265	1.8%
Sardegna	726,129	5,242	6,379	7,206	7,782	26,609	3.7%
Sicily	379,724	2,804	4,866	5,389	8,883	21,941	5.8%
Toscana	1,086,619	11,220	12,649	21,360	33,291	78,521	7.2%
Trentino-Alto Adige	743,078	2,874	3,799	3,461	29,648	39,781	5.4%
Umbria	290,812	2,953	3,282	6,008	9,958	22,202	7.6%
Valle d'Aosta	93,469	386	194	46	141	767	0.8%
Apulia	154,737	1,485	2,220	1,826	1,877	7,408	4.8%
Veneto	411,690	589	655	1,174	12,905	15,323	3.7%
Basilicata	317,804	1,888	1,455	2,525	4,813	10,681	3.4%
Calabria	670,405	5,023	8,902	9,212	19,420	42,557	6.3%
Campania	484,839	3,566	3,631	4,078	11,875	23,150	4.8%
Emilia-Romagna	552,267	1,021	1,744	2,909	5,527	11,201	2.0%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	316,984	1,112	731	1,564	4,442	7,848	2.5%
Lazio	509,535	3,481	3,533	6,878	13,173	27,065	5.3%
Liguria	373,633	2,136	1,864	1,794	3,707	9,502	2.5%

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) %
Liguria	Savona	106,978	688	715	882	1,984	4,268	4.0%
Abruzzo	L'Aquila	189,991	313	1,728	684	1,769	4,493	2.4%
Abruzzo	Pescara	30,813	82	605	53	98	838	2.7%
Abruzzo	Teramo	64,616	112	190	181	232	714	1.1%
Lombardia	Bergamo	116,895	145	231	124	386	886	0.8%
Lombardia	Pavia	37,038	260	231	219	600	1,309	3.5%
Lombardia	Sondrio	128,476	287	333	178	1,438	2,237	1.7%
Lombardia	Varese	57,112	294	397	285	513	1,488	2.6%
Lombardia	Brescia	168,716	159	173	167	1,752	2,251	1.3%
Lombardia	Como	64,962	158	221	199	283	860	1.3%
Lombardia	Cremona	2,408	53	41	67	152	313	13.0%
Lombardia	Lecco	42,814	43	59	42	107	251	0.6%
Lombardia	Lodi	2,136	68	34	23	85	209	9.8%
Lombardia	Mantua	3,719	102	60	209	330	701	18.8%
Lombardia	Milano	7,666	73	74	79	124	351	4.6%
Lombardia	Monza and Brianza	3,416	15	30	11	10	66	1.9%
Marche	Ancona	23,454	56	51	46	64	217	0.9%
Marche	Ascoli Piceno	45,674	101	545	97	156	899	2.0%
Marche	Fermo	11,297	56	35	21	26	138	1.2%
Marche	Macerata	64,008	146	174	311	454	1,085	1.7%
Marche	Pesaro E Urbino	76,130	192	219	351	981	1,743	2.3%
Molise	Campobasso	55,992	638	524	683	1,059	2,904	5.2%
Molise	Isernia	80,711	430	487	534	1,024	2,474	3.1%
Piemonte	Alessandria	90,203	229	340	248	476	1,292	1.4%
Piemonte	Asti	37,625	204	389	229	453	1,275	3.4%
Piemonte	Biella	42,721	132	123	93	303	651	1.5%
Piemonte	Cuneo	248,220	1,041	1,588	962	2,377	5,968	2.4%
Piemonte	Novara	36,958	202	282	196	322	1,003	2.7%
Piemonte	Torino	221,973	734	688	383	2,092	3,896	1.8%
Piemonte	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	123,572	160	141	114	171	586	0.5%
Piemonte	Vercelli	61,464	94	139	110	250	594	1.0%
Sardegna	Cagliari	120,217	675	823	994	713	3,205	2.7%
Sardegna	Carbonia-Iglesias	52,979	214	267	346	346	1,173	2.2%
Sardegna	Medio Campidano	32,092	208	342	557	951	2,059	6.4%
Sardegna	Nuoro	152,483	1,203	1,554	2,111	2,126	6,993	4.6%
Sardegna	Ogliastra	87,308	914	805	628	847	3,193	3.7%
Sardegna	Olbia-Tempio	134,596	1,440	1,766	1,793	1,762	6,761	5.0%
Sardegna	Oristano	61,356	211	358	372	558	1,499	2.4%
Sardegna	Sassari	85,098	377	463	406	479	1,725	2.0%
Sicily	Agrigento	10,168	55	159	183	203	600	5.9%
Sicily	Caltanissetta	4,287	160	177	605	147	1,089	25.4%
Sicily	Catania	79,891	610	1,037	624	753	3,023	3.8%
Sicily	Enna	15,834	260	327	502	1,766	2,854	18.0%
Sicily	Messina	166,064	609	1,221	1,233	2,487	5,551	3.3%
Sicily	Palermo	69,913	747	1,514	1,663	2,518	6,441	9.2%
Sicily	Ragusa	5,980	132	111	74	437	754	12.6%
Sicily	Syracuse	19,551	180	243	378	283	1,084	5.5%
Sicily	Trapani	8,035	52	77	128	288	545	6.8%
Toscana	Arezzo	170,497	2,045	2,061	1,930	4,409	10,445	6.1%
Toscana	Siena	142,983	3,047	2,990	4,954	6,648	17,640	12.3%
Toscana	Florence	173,139	1,206	1,199	2,338	3,290	8,034	4.6%
Toscana	Grosseto	173,518	2,828	2,962	6,728	10,206	22,723	13.1%
Toscana	Livorno	48,680	229	195	848	1,673	2,945	6.0%
Toscana	Lucca	118,552	182	307	467	796	1,751	1.5%
Toscana	Massa Carrara	85,867	77	196	385	621	1,279	1.5%
Toscana	Pisa	94,571	1,428	2,493	3,105	4,288	11,314	12.0%
Toscana	Pistoia	58,073	135	194	330	870	1,527	2.6%
Toscana	Prato	20,738	43	52	275	491	862	4.2%
Trentino-Alto Adige	Bolzano	365,037	1,727	2,476	2,259	11,620	18,082	5.0%
Trentino-Alto Adige	Trento	378,041	1,146	1,323	1,201	18,028	21,698	5.7%
Umbria	Perugia	207,261	2,221	2,390	3,587	6,327	14,525	7.0%
Umbria	Terni	83,552	732	892	2,421	3,631	7,677	9.2%
Valle d'Aosta	Aosta	93,469	386	194	46	141	767	0.8%
Apulia	Bari	11,617	67	140	445	323	975	8.4%
Apulia	Barletta-Andria-Trani	9,376	171	98	288	23	580	6.2%
Apulia	Brindisi	5,323	64	67	44	62	237	4.5%
Apulia	Foggia	98,491	744	1,399	497	758	3,398	3.5%
Apulia	Lecce	10,256	238	167	255	330	990	9.7%
Apulia	Taranto	19,674	200	349	297	382	1,229	6.2%
Veneto	Belluno	223,247	368	351	740	8,984	10,443	4.7%
Veneto	Padua	5,793	16	21	42	39	117	2.0%
Veneto	Rovigo	3,218	38	16	33	78	165	5.1%
Veneto	Treviso	36,877	19	50	140	287	496	1.3%
Veneto	Venezia	2,335	11	9	9	42	70	3.0%
Veneto	Verona	44,914	75	106	119	211	511	1.1%
Veneto	Vicenza	95,307	62	102	92	3,264	3,521	3.7%
Basilicata	Matera	47,016	179	278	546	389	1,392	3.0%
Basilicata	Potenza	270,788	1,709	1,177	1,980	4,423	9,289	3.4%
Calabria	Catanzaro	104,145	849	861	922	2,409	5,040	4.8%
Calabria	Cosenza	335,198	1,987	2,858	3,783	10,931	19,558	5.8%
Calabria	Crotone	37,062	567	600	829	998	2,993	8.1%
Calabria	Reggio Di Calabria	145,442	1,290	3,953	3,081	3,535	11,860	8.2%
Calabria	Vibo Valentia	48,557	330	630	597	1,547	3,106	6.4%
Campania	Avellino	104,128	574	522	552	1,644	3,292	3.2%
Campania	Benevento	48,227	392	242	286	566	1,486	3.1%
Campania	Caserta	67,906	708	832	871	2,122	4,533	6.7%
Campania	Napoli	26,052	73	55	112	1,954	2,194	8.4%
Campania	Salerno	238,527	1,820	1,979	2,258	5,588	11,645	4.9%
Emilia-Romagna	Bologna	90,664	183	396	717	954	2,250	2.5%
Emilia-Romagna	Ferrara	5,026	61	49	46	141	297	5.9%
Emilia-Romagna	Forli' - Cesena	89,203	82	172	299	479	1,032	1.2%
Emilia-Romagna	Modena	68,840	171	235	326	539	1,270	1.8%
Emilia-Romagna	Parma	138,108	208	469	874	1,996	3,547	2.6%
Emilia-Romagna	Piacenza	79,321	170	212	272	703	1,356	1.7%
Emilia-Romagna	Ravenna	18,873	53	56	132	125	366	1.9%
Emilia-Romagna	Reggio Nell'Emilia	59,423	88	145	241	585	1,059	1.8%
Emilia-Romagna	Rimini	2,809	5	10	3	5	24	0.9%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Gorizia	7,533	23	27	25	37	112	1.5%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Pordenone	75,652	100	58	174	428	761	1.0%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Trieste	13,125	30	70	19	28	147	1.1%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Udine	220,674	958	576	1,346	3,949	6,829	3.1%
Lazio	Frosinone	116,424	595	693	1,299	1,723	4,310	3.7%
Lazio	Latina	35,563	151	279	387	840	1,657	4.7%
Lazio	Rieti	143,275	622	1,018	1,698	3,211	6,550	4.6%
Lazio	Roma	136,053	1,086	915	1,687	3,667	7,354	5.4%
Lazio	Viterbo	78,221	1,028	628	1,806	3,732	7,194	9.2%
Liguria	Genova	133,421	891	247	242	759	2,139	1.6%
Liguria	Imperia	68,471	359	216	136	321	1,033	1.5%
Liguria	La Spezia	64,763	198	687	534	643	2,062	3.2%
Abruzzo	Chieti	66,457	179	211	94	83	566	0.9%

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2019 forest data for Italy | Archived forest data for Italy | Forest data for Italy

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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