Deforestation statistics for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Demographic data

Population (2022)	2,860,853
Annual population growth rate (2022)	-2.50%
Population density (people/sq km)	323
Net migration	-97,986
Fertility rate	1.2
Median age	44
Urban population share	N.A.

Puerto Rico: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 8,870

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 523,697
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 59.00%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 74,855
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 14.30%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 64,517
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 7.30%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 12.30%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 16,241
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 25.20%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 48,276
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 5.40%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 9%

Puerto Rico: Annual forest and tree cover data

Puerto Rico: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 39
2003: 83
2004: 59
2005: 54
2006: 82
2007: 42
2008: 68
2009: 58
2010: 28
2011: 38
2012: 34
2013: 20
2014: 20
2015: 21
2016: 27
2017: 15,000
2018: 512
2019: 27
2020: 27

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

Year: Hectares
2001: 1,252
2002: 1,168
2003: 1,194
2004: 1,324
2005: 1,288
2006: 1,243
2007: 1,037
2008: 1,216
2009: 953
2010: 595
2011: 1,228
2012: 654
2013: 702
2014: 871
2015: 722
2016: 599
2017: 56,205
2018: 1,228
2019: 695
2020: 681

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) %
Adjuntas	15,312	101	100	77	3,157	3,435	22.4%
Barranquitas	4,924	51	28	23	612	714	14.5%
Bayamón	4,529	82	88	15	223	408	9.0%
Cabo Rojo	4,694	68	44	50	177	339	7.2%
Caguas	8,439	194	89	46	675	1,004	11.9%
Camuy	5,795	47	52	40	246	385	6.6%
Canóvanas	5,845	30	51	27	932	1,040	17.8%
Carolina	5,068	35	48	31	313	428	8.4%
Cataño	229	1	2	1	22	25	10.8%
Cayey	9,658	36	42	32	2,026	2,137	22.1%
Ceiba	4,791	46	71	35	772	924	19.3%
Aguada	3,170	57	53	13	141	265	8.4%
Ciales	15,405	61	64	32	3,355	3,512	22.8%
Cidra	4,736	32	65	20	220	337	7.1%
Coamo	11,761	250	77	77	791	1,194	10.2%
Comerío	5,415	33	17	21	298	370	6.8%
Corozal	7,499	104	74	64	694	935	12.5%
Culebra	2,020	1	1	14	11	27	1.4%
Dorado	2,459	136	51	31	231	449	18.2%
Fajardo	4,110	98	111	36	682	928	22.6%
Florida	2,846	29	29	12	217	287	10.1%
Guánica	4,978	41	43	39	57	180	3.6%
Aguadilla	2,453	81	68	18	47	214	8.7%
Guayama	9,752	79	48	61	1,902	2,091	21.4%
Guayanilla	7,732	136	58	94	326	614	7.9%
Guaynabo	3,156	36	89	26	163	314	10.0%
Gurabo	3,840	68	33	41	86	227	5.9%
Hatillo	4,322	55	41	39	113	248	5.7%
Hormigueros	981	24	24	6	10	64	6.6%
Humacao	4,876	50	55	64	642	811	16.6%
Isabela	7,317	47	54	28	260	389	5.3%
Jayuya	9,798	78	66	64	3,015	3,223	32.9%
Juana Díaz	6,832	76	86	73	628	863	12.6%
Aguas Buenas	5,745	50	60	28	422	560	9.8%
Juncos	3,048	49	46	41	211	346	11.4%
Lajas	3,221	23	26	41	55	145	4.5%
Lares	12,568	211	206	120	843	1,380	11.0%
Las Marías	10,965	113	126	73	759	1,072	9.8%
Las Piedras	4,325	87	81	65	864	1,097	25.4%
Loíza	2,823	8	3	10	1,099	1,120	39.7%
Luquillo	4,799	34	32	48	1,386	1,499	31.2%
Manatí	6,298	36	34	56	315	442	7.0%
Maricao	8,625	91	81	39	293	503	5.8%
Maunabo	3,908	54	50	69	856	1,028	26.3%
Aibonito	5,013	33	25	13	632	703	14.0%
Mayagüez	13,486	145	154	75	284	658	4.9%
Moca	6,939	87	98	51	323	559	8.1%
Morovis	6,795	96	90	52	462	700	10.3%
Naguabo	8,723	92	84	84	2,606	2,866	32.9%
Naranjito	4,694	58	47	35	225	366	7.8%
Orocovis	12,543	63	57	39	2,908	3,067	24.4%
Patillas	9,597	56	52	92	2,782	2,982	31.1%
Peñuelas	8,351	135	98	165	1,270	1,668	20.0%
Ponce	18,372	242	200	175	2,648	3,264	17.8%
Quebradillas	2,789	26	21	14	125	186	6.7%
Añasco	6,074	85	96	47	526	754	12.4%
Rincón	1,650	36	37	13	69	155	9.4%
Río Grande	11,573	90	98	40	4,130	4,358	37.7%
Sabana Grande	5,738	53	29	22	100	204	3.6%
Salinas	5,640	85	48	60	211	403	7.2%
San Germán	9,257	138	75	52	87	351	3.8%
San Juan	2,473	41	33	10	147	230	9.3%
San Lorenzo	8,775	110	85	82	1,009	1,285	14.6%
San Sebastián	9,988	187	144	164	526	1,021	10.2%
Santa Isabel	1,180	47	21	38	60	166	14.0%
Toa Alta	3,431	154	55	28	257	494	14.4%
Arecibo	19,181	202	130	117	965	1,414	7.4%
Toa Baja	2,121	27	14	20	195	256	12.1%
Trujillo Alto	2,689	41	36	15	34	126	4.7%
Utuado	25,197	303	257	151	2,906	3,617	14.4%
Vega Alta	4,538	77	33	127	468	705	15.5%
Vega Baja	6,572	115	84	102	449	750	11.4%
Vieques	9,945	29	62	230	297	618	6.2%
Villalba	5,825	53	28	9	707	798	13.7%
Yabucoa	7,543	117	105	130	1,049	1,402	18.6%
Yauco	12,395	130	61	63	526	779	6.3%
Arroyo	1,982	18	7	16	221	262	13.2%
Barceloneta	1,557	34	18	6	57	114	7.3%

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
Cabo Rojo	22	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Caguas	86	0	1	0	72	73	85.3%
Camuy	2,853	6	8	8	151	172	6.0%
Canóvanas	821	1	3	3	614	620	75.5%
Carolina	267	0	0	0	220	221	82.7%
Cayey	947	0	2	1	782	785	82.8%
Ceiba	911	4	12	2	406	423	46.5%
Aguada	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0%
Ciales	4,236	4	4	3	614	625	14.8%
Corozal	420	2	1	4	36	44	10.4%
Dorado	799	33	21	6	64	124	15.6%
Fajardo	764	6	12	3	261	281	36.7%
Florida	1,696	5	13	4	147	169	9.9%
Aguadilla	410	8	11	1	2	22	5.3%
Guayama	1,046	2	1	1	806	810	77.4%
Guayanilla	13	0	0	0	2	2	19.9%
Hatillo	1,615	3	7	4	54	67	4.2%
Humacao	263	0	1	0	218	219	83.4%
Isabela	4,389	8	9	3	160	180	4.1%
Juana Díaz	17	0	0	0	13	13	73.5%
Juncos	90	0	2	0	57	60	66.1%
Lajas	40	0	0	0	0	0	1.1%
Lares	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Las Piedras	619	1	1	1	479	482	77.8%
Loíza	1,458	0	1	1	1,028	1,030	70.7%
Luquillo	1,257	3	6	5	752	766	60.9%
Manatí	2,782	5	10	5	141	161	5.8%
Mayagüez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Moca	1,553	5	21	5	61	93	6.0%
Morovis	592	7	2	1	37	48	8.1%
Naguabo	2,438	6	4	4	1,320	1,334	54.7%
Patillas	2,177	5	6	9	1,483	1,502	69.0%
Peñuelas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Quebradillas	1,211	3	3	1	71	78	6.4%
Río Grande	5,423	9	26	7	3,193	3,235	59.7%
Salinas	123	0	0	0	58	58	47.5%
San Juan	56	0	0	0	30	30	54.0%
San Lorenzo	528	1	0	1	396	397	75.3%
San Sebastián	22	1	1	0	2	4	19.6%
Santa Isabel	11	0	0	0	9	9	80.8%
Toa Alta	359	2	4	3	95	104	28.9%
Arecibo	12,116	46	34	23	685	788	6.5%
Toa Baja	369	0	0	0	127	127	34.6%
Utuado	4,107	17	15	4	267	304	7.4%
Vega Alta	2,005	17	11	9	265	303	15.1%
Vega Baja	2,708	19	18	13	249	299	11.0%
Vieques	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0%
Yabucoa	281	1	2	0	145	148	52.8%
Barceloneta	597	7	4	2	19	31	5.1%

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2019 forest data for Puerto Rico | Archived forest data for Puerto Rico | Forest data for Puerto Rico

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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