Deforestation statistics for Reunion
Reunion: Demographic data
| Population (2022) | 895,312 |
| Annual population growth rate (2022) | 0.72% |
| Population density (people/sq km) | 358 |
| Net migration | -1,256 |
| Fertility rate | 2.3 |
| Median age | 36 |
| Urban population share | 100% |
Reunion: Land cover and land use change data
| Land area (sq km): 2,500 |
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Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 170,474 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 68.2% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 5,712 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 3.4% |
Reunion: Annual forest and tree cover data
Reunion: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares|
Year: Hectares 2001: 29 2002: 503 2003: 143 2004: 0 2005: 225 2006: 629 2007: 0 2008: 15 2009: 187 2010: 223 2011: 562 2012: 852 2013: 1,653 2014: 675 2015: 9 2016: 7 2017: 0 2018: 0 2019: 0 2020: 0 |
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) % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît | 58,389 | 139 | 371 | 699 | 0 | 1,209 | 2.1% |
| Saint-Denis | 27,230 | 72 | 120 | 264 | 1 | 456 | 1.7% |
| Saint-Paul | 25,488 | 188 | 250 | 867 | 3 | 1,308 | 5.1% |
| Saint-Pierre | 59,368 | 500 | 314 | 1,921 | 3 | 2,739 | 4.6% |
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) % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre | Saint-Pierre | 5,000 | 109 | 42 | 327 | 0 | 478 | 9.6% |
| Saint-Benoît | La Plaine-des-Palmistes | 6,926 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 0 | 93 | 1.3% |
| Saint-Benoît | Saint-André | 2,745 | 5 | 16 | 97 | 0 | 118 | 4.3% |
| Saint-Benoît | Saint-Benoît | 19,269 | 32 | 68 | 274 | 0 | 374 | 1.9% |
| Saint-Benoît | Sainte-Rose | 12,363 | 50 | 30 | 123 | 0 | 203 | 1.6% |
| Saint-Benoît | Salazie | 9,213 | 30 | 199 | 65 | 0 | 294 | 3.2% |
| Saint-Denis | La Possession | 8,977 | 35 | 50 | 74 | 0 | 159 | 1.8% |
| Saint-Denis | Le Port | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis | 9,642 | 19 | 36 | 69 | 1 | 125 | 1.3% |
| Saint-Denis | Sainte-Marie | 5,534 | 6 | 20 | 70 | 0 | 97 | 1.8% |
| Saint-Denis | Sainte-Suzanne | 3,073 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 75 | 2.4% |
| Saint-Paul | L'Étang-Salé | 2,637 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 0 | 81 | 3.1% |
| Saint-Paul | Les Avirons | 1,474 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0.9% |
| Saint-Paul | Les Trois-Bassins | 2,537 | 8 | 34 | 116 | 0 | 158 | 6.2% |
| Saint-Paul | Saint-Leu | 7,886 | 93 | 100 | 378 | 0 | 572 | 7.3% |
| Saint-Paul | Saint-Paul | 10,954 | 81 | 109 | 290 | 3 | 483 | 4.4% |
| Saint-Pierre | Cilaos | 4,986 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 1.0% |
| Saint-Pierre | L'Entre-Deux | 5,629 | 19 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 71 | 1.3% |
| Saint-Pierre | Le Tampon | 11,105 | 173 | 114 | 536 | 3 | 827 | 7.4% |
| Saint-Pierre | Petite-Île | 2,807 | 42 | 19 | 216 | 0 | 277 | 9.9% |
| Saint-Pierre | Saint-Joseph | 12,607 | 70 | 44 | 354 | 0 | 468 | 3.7% |
| Saint-Pierre | Saint-Louis | 6,442 | 43 | 29 | 254 | 0 | 326 | 5.1% |
| Saint-Pierre | Saint-Philippe | 10,793 | 18 | 39 | 185 | 0 | 243 | 2.3% |
| Saint-Benoît | Bras-Panon | 7,874 | 8 | 26 | 93 | 0 | 127 | 1.6% |
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2019 forest data for Reunion | Archived forest data for Reunion | Forest data for Reunion
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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