Deforestation statistics for Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Demographic data

Population (2022)	18,776,707
Annual population growth rate (2022)	1.20%
Population density (people/sq km)	7
Net migration	-18,000
Fertility rate	2.8
Median age	31
Urban population share	58%

Kazakhstan: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 2,699,700

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 4,240,337
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 1.6%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 60,128
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 1.4%

Kazakhstan: Annual forest and tree cover data

Kazakhstan: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 4,535
2002: 2,952
2003: 3,352
2004: 5,513
2005: 3,167
2006: 3,142
2007: 4,605
2008: 4,549
2009: 6,433
2010: 3,109
2011: 4,852
2012: 3,742
2013: 2,864
2014: 596
2015: 181
2016: 1,289
2017: 975
2018: 1,139
2019: 1,282
2020: 1,853

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) %
Almaty	836,194	1,242	950	501	125	2,819	0.3%
Qostanay	153,409	2,092	4,166	2,061	2,274	10,593	6.9%
Qyzylorda	16,375	492	363	72	1	929	5.7%
South Kazakhstan	73,148	624	248	187	15	1,074	1.5%
West Kazakhstan	93,636	293	618	178	174	1,262	1.3%
Zhambyl	102,522	531	1,147	141	19	1,838	1.8%
Aqmola	267,353	1,957	1,714	2,454	1,200	7,325	2.7%
Aqtöbe	19,919	38	343	68	3	451	2.3%
Atyrau	140,826	88	113	301	22	523	0.4%
East Kazakhstan	1,947,821	8,408	6,835	2,261	1,533	19,037	1.0%
Mangghystau	15,225	29	19	18	13	79	0.5%
North Kazakhstan	432,772	1,863	2,410	2,884	1,067	8,224	1.9%
Pavlodar	108,586	1,713	2,727	983	79	5,501	5.1%
Qaraghandy	32,531	149	186	125	12	472	1.5%

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) %
Qaraghandy	Zhanaarkinskiy	950	2	7	10	0	19	2.0%
Almaty	Koksuskiy	4,608	3	6	2	3	14	0.3%
Almaty	Panfilovskiy	17,355	25	23	29	9	86	0.5%
Almaty	Raiymbekskiy	129,570	173	45	51	28	298	0.2%
Almaty	Sarkandskiy	51,226	32	36	23	1	93	0.2%
Almaty	Taldyqorghan	30,234	9	8	7	17	42	0.1%
Almaty	Talgarskiy	51,173	37	50	15	16	119	0.2%
Almaty	Uygurskiy	56,865	154	36	9	1	200	0.4%
Almaty	Zhambylskiy	37,908	131	55	22	4	213	0.6%
Almaty	Alakolskiy	166,113	141	175	168	9	493	0.3%
Almaty	Almaty (Alma-Ata)	2,423	29	59	3	0	92	3.8%
Almaty	Balkhashskiy	127,577	314	314	96	3	727	0.6%
Almaty	Enbekshikazakhskiy	51,959	17	35	14	11	77	0.1%
Almaty	Iliyskiy	2,584	42	13	3	0	59	2.3%
Almaty	Karasayskiy	30,926	27	21	5	11	63	0.2%
Almaty	Karatal`skiy	8,860	23	6	4	0	33	0.4%
Almaty	Kerbulakskiy	28,292	17	14	10	8	49	0.2%
Qostanay	Altynsarinskiy	11,415	303	2,147	308	760	3,518	30.8%
Qostanay	Karasuskiy	3,277	20	94	104	0	219	6.7%
Qostanay	Mendykarinskiy	17,080	136	101	99	146	481	2.8%
Qostanay	Naurzumskiy	1,519	110	50	9	0	168	11.1%
Qostanay	Qostanay	21,234	154	861	205	405	1,624	7.6%
Qostanay	Sarykol`skiy	5,814	8	15	21	28	72	1.2%
Qostanay	Taranovskiy	3,888	65	80	20	6	172	4.4%
Qostanay	Uzunkol`skiy	23,929	49	134	236	134	553	2.3%
Qostanay	Zhitikarinskiy	1,378	1	12	3	0	16	1.2%
Qostanay	Amangel`dinskiy	3,025	25	60	14	0	100	3.3%
Qostanay	Arkalyk	278	3	4	3	0	9	3.2%
Qostanay	Auliekol`skiy	20,491	1,100	202	746	714	2,762	13.5%
Qostanay	Denisovskiy	1,820	5	27	13	1	46	2.5%
Qostanay	Dzhangil`dinskiy	6,015	64	210	154	1	429	7.1%
Qostanay	Fyodorovskiy	10,616	33	56	79	61	229	2.2%
Qostanay	Kamystinskiy	6,874	3	88	23	1	116	1.7%
Qostanay	Karabalykskiy	14,756	13	24	27	15	78	0.5%
Qyzylorda	Aral`skiy	4,418	112	221	22	1	356	8.1%
Qyzylorda	Karmakchinskiy	1,812	75	24	6	0	105	5.8%
Qyzylorda	Kazalinskiy	6,132	192	45	14	0	251	4.1%
Qyzylorda	Qyzylorda	143	3	2	0	0	6	4.2%
Qyzylorda	Shieliyskiy	932	17	17	10	0	44	4.7%
Qyzylorda	Terenozekskiy	420	20	14	5	0	39	9.3%
Qyzylorda	Zhalagashskiy	456	25	10	2	0	37	8.1%
Qyzylorda	Zhanakorganskiy	2,063	49	29	12	0	91	4.4%
South Kazakhstan	Arysskiy	4,044	60	35	18	0	113	2.8%
South Kazakhstan	Shymkent	183	5	11	2	0	19	10.4%
South Kazakhstan	Suzakskiy	2,811	12	10	3	0	25	0.9%
South Kazakhstan	Tolebiyskiy	7,916	5	2	0	6	13	0.2%
South Kazakhstan	Turkestan	4,779	70	32	25	5	131	2.7%
South Kazakhstan	Tyul`kubaskiy	7,311	84	17	4	2	107	1.5%
South Kazakhstan	Baydibekskiy	4,129	50	7	52	0	109	2.6%
South Kazakhstan	Chardarinskiy	23,378	126	47	33	0	205	0.9%
South Kazakhstan	Kazygurtskiy	5,984	6	1	2	0	9	0.2%
South Kazakhstan	Maktaaral`skiy	2,759	23	11	8	0	42	1.5%
South Kazakhstan	Ordabasynskiy	1,045	8	4	1	0	13	1.2%
South Kazakhstan	Otrarskiy	6,466	142	57	32	1	231	3.6%
South Kazakhstan	Saryagashskiy	1,897	25	11	4	0	40	2.1%
South Kazakhstan	Sayramskiy	445	9	2	4	0	15	3.4%
West Kazakhstan	Akzhaikskiy	26,407	117	134	59	6	316	1.2%
West Kazakhstan	Terektinskiy	21,489	31	192	42	49	313	1.5%
West Kazakhstan	Urdinskiy	320	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Kazakhstan	Zelenovskiy	13,880	29	34	21	66	150	1.1%
West Kazakhstan	Burlinskiy	12,425	13	35	6	14	68	0.5%
West Kazakhstan	Chingirlauskiy	2,846	6	20	9	0	36	1.3%
West Kazakhstan	Dzhangalinskiy	9,234	36	58	8	34	137	1.5%
West Kazakhstan	Dzhanybekskiy	546	6	4	1	0	11	2.0%
West Kazakhstan	Karatobinskiy	774	7	14	7	0	28	3.6%
West Kazakhstan	Kaztalovskiy	2,663	24	78	20	1	123	4.6%
West Kazakhstan	Syrymskiy	940	2	8	3	0	13	1.4%
West Kazakhstan	Taskalinskiy	2,112	21	40	2	3	66	3.1%
Zhambyl	Bayzakskiy	1,467	11	5	1	0	17	1.2%
Zhambyl	Zhambylskiy	3,440	27	9	2	0	38	1.1%
Zhambyl	Zhualy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Zhambyl	Zhualynskiy	4,179	31	26	10	1	69	1.7%
Zhambyl	Kordayskiy	21,305	114	23	13	13	163	0.8%
Zhambyl	Lugovskoy	27,256	135	855	42	2	1,034	3.8%
Zhambyl	Merkenskiy	23,402	65	147	51	3	266	1.1%
Zhambyl	Moyynkumskiy	11,611	20	42	5	0	67	0.6%
Zhambyl	Sarysuskiy	3,448	16	17	11	0	44	1.3%
Zhambyl	Shuskiy	3,973	89	13	4	0	106	2.7%
Zhambyl	Talasskiy	2,436	24	9	3	0	36	1.5%
Zhambyl	Zhamb.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Aqmola	Akkol`skiy	23,850	133	187	195	385	901	3.8%
Aqmola	Korgalzhynskiy	8,429	12	25	35	1	74	0.9%
Aqmola	Sandyktauskiy	53,316	342	103	450	310	1,205	2.3%
Aqmola	Shortandinskiy	633	1	1	3	1	6	0.9%
Aqmola	Shuchinskiy	73,171	697	430	987	144	2,258	3.1%
Aqmola	Tselinogradskiy	2,701	4	9	24	6	43	1.6%
Aqmola	Zerendinskiy	53,113	281	113	183	193	770	1.4%
Aqmola	Zhaksynskiy	1,136	1	3	1	0	6	0.5%
Aqmola	Zharkainskiy	728	32	6	4	0	42	5.8%
Aqmola	Arshalynskiy	2,365	10	58	19	3	90	3.8%
Aqmola	Astrakhansiy	1,387	2	2	10	0	14	1.0%
Aqmola	Atbasarskiy	1,162	4	3	4	0	11	0.9%
Aqmola	Bulandynskiy	29,799	404	526	306	155	1,392	4.7%
Aqmola	Egindykol`skiy	1,003	5	3	15	0	24	2.4%
Aqmola	Enbekshil`derskiy	8,281	19	230	198	0	447	5.4%
Aqmola	Ereymengauskiy	5,724	8	12	16	0	37	0.6%
Aqmola	Esil`skiy	556	0	1	3	0	4	0.7%
Aqtöbe	Alginskiy	561	2	5	1	0	8	1.4%
Aqtöbe	Mugalzharskiy	2,094	4	82	5	0	92	4.4%
Aqtöbe	Shalkarskiy	99	1	2	0	0	3	3.0%
Aqtöbe	Temirskiy	1,400	2	4	3	0	9	0.6%
Aqtöbe	Uilskiy	2,543	4	24	6	0	33	1.3%
Aqtöbe	Aqtobe	704	0	1	1	0	1	0.1%
Aqtöbe	Aytekebiyskiy	2,676	2	61	32	1	96	3.6%
Aqtöbe	Bayganinskiy	229	5	2	0	0	7	3.1%
Aqtöbe	Irgizskiy	3,785	14	146	11	0	172	4.5%
Aqtöbe	Kargalinskiy	1,302	0	2	1	0	4	0.3%
Aqtöbe	Khobdinskiy	1,269	2	3	2	0	8	0.6%
Aqtöbe	Khromtauskiy	1,027	0	4	2	1	7	0.7%
Aqtöbe	Martukskiy	2,229	2	6	4	0	11	0.5%
Atyrau	Atyrau	66,075	27	20	65	0	112	0.2%
Atyrau	Inderskiy	1,291	2	6	2	10	19	1.5%
Atyrau	Isatayskiy	12,942	11	12	170	11	204	1.6%
Atyrau	Kurmangazinskiy	34,108	5	14	5	0	24	0.1%
Atyrau	Kzylkoginskiy	1,991	30	49	8	0	87	4.4%
Atyrau	Makatskiy	1,234	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Atyrau	Makhambetskiy	17,298	5	8	48	0	61	0.4%
Atyrau	Zhylyoyskiy	5,888	8	4	3	0	14	0.2%
East Kazakhstan	Abayskiy	354	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
East Kazakhstan	Semipalatinskiy	13,539	1,841	301	25	2	2,169	16.0%
East Kazakhstan	Shemonaikhinskiy	125,583	94	205	227	157	683	0.5%
East Kazakhstan	Tarbagatayskiy	10,938	27	171	38	32	269	2.5%
East Kazakhstan	Ulanskiy	71,106	316	208	127	23	673	0.9%
East Kazakhstan	Urdzharskiy	51,299	53	175	20	4	252	0.5%
East Kazakhstan	Zaysanskiy	46,913	82	73	49	36	239	0.5%
East Kazakhstan	Zharminskiy	1,953	7	4	1	2	14	0.7%
East Kazakhstan	Zyryanovsk	441,819	564	715	267	202	1,748	0.4%
East Kazakhstan	Ayagozskiy	2,776	6	4	8	0	18	0.6%
East Kazakhstan	Beskaragayskiy	20,301	3,595	1,332	20	14	4,961	24.4%
East Kazakhstan	Borodulikhinskiy	18,705	94	52	27	4	176	0.9%
East Kazakhstan	Glubokovskiy	435,069	929	1,350	787	738	3,805	0.9%
East Kazakhstan	Katon-Karagayskiy	309,961	130	1,145	144	52	1,471	0.5%
East Kazakhstan	Kokpektinskiy	47,002	68	293	53	9	424	0.9%
East Kazakhstan	Kurchumskiy	165,520	72	383	169	13	637	0.4%
East Kazakhstan	Leninogorsk	184,983	531	423	298	245	1,497	0.8%
Mangghystau	Aqtau	397	1	0	2	0	3	0.8%
Mangghystau	Beyneuskiy	942	7	4	2	0	13	1.4%
Mangghystau	Karakiyanskiy	919	5	2	2	0	8	0.9%
Mangghystau	Manghystauskiy	269	1	0	1	0	2	0.7%
Mangghystau	Tupkaraganskiy	12,698	15	12	12	13	53	0.4%
North Kazakhstan	Akzharskiy	926	10	8	5	0	23	2.5%
North Kazakhstan	Timiryazevskiy	2,027	2	5	18	4	28	1.4%
North Kazakhstan	Tselinniy	18,714	86	133	518	19	755	4.0%
North Kazakhstan	Ualikhanovskiy	1,353	29	15	6	0	50	3.7%
North Kazakhstan	Zhambylskiy	38,308	32	118	212	194	556	1.5%
North Kazakhstan	Ayyrtauskiy	122,263	884	717	858	248	2,706	2.2%
North Kazakhstan	Bulaevskiy	60,386	183	333	278	74	869	1.4%
North Kazakhstan	Esil`skiy	15,952	142	92	63	36	332	2.1%
North Kazakhstan	Kyzylzharskiy	95,575	259	563	506	262	1,591	1.7%
North Kazakhstan	Mamlyutskiy	37,163	118	229	161	46	554	1.5%
North Kazakhstan	Shal Akyna	20,958	39	88	129	153	409	2.0%
North Kazakhstan	Sovetskiy	17,569	69	103	122	29	323	1.8%
North Kazakhstan	Taiynshinskiy	1,578	13	7	7	1	28	1.8%
Pavlodar	Aksuskiy	5,455	6	10	53	1	71	1.3%
Pavlodar	Sherbaktinskiy	21,248	642	1,651	28	2	2,324	10.9%
Pavlodar	Uspenskiy	636	6	5	4	0	15	2.4%
Pavlodar	Zhelezinskiy	15,747	40	50	65	43	197	1.3%
Pavlodar	Aktogayskiy	6,775	7	32	133	5	177	2.6%
Pavlodar	Bayanaul`skiy	4,422	24	6	9	9	48	1.1%
Pavlodar	Ekibastuz	2,881	16	18	5	0	39	1.4%
Pavlodar	Irtyshskiy	8,062	30	102	250	3	384	4.8%
Pavlodar	Kachirskiy	10,367	44	40	159	9	252	2.4%
Pavlodar	Lebyazhinskiy	20,207	868	769	143	2	1,783	8.8%
Pavlodar	Mayskiy	1,971	7	3	9	0	19	1.0%
Pavlodar	Pavlodarskiy	10,815	24	40	125	4	192	1.8%
Qaraghandy	Abayskiy	206	1	3	1	1	5	2.4%
Qaraghandy	Aktogayskiy	4,812	7	4	3	0	13	0.3%
Qaraghandy	Bukhar-Zhyrauskiy	2,001	4	10	5	0	18	0.9%
Qaraghandy	Karkaralinskiy	17,658	107	35	31	11	184	1.0%
Qaraghandy	Nurinskiy	2,148	3	21	16	0	40	1.9%
Qaraghandy	Osakarovskiy	2,400	7	24	2	0	33	1.4%
Qaraghandy	Shetskiy	734	2	5	1	0	7	1.0%
Qaraghandy	Ulytauskiy	1,621	17	78	58	0	153	9.4%
Almaty	Aksuskiy	38,523	65	53	41	3	163	0.4%

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2019 forest data for Kazakhstan | Archived forest data for Kazakhstan | Forest data for Kazakhstan

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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