Deforestation statistics for Switzerland

Switzerland: Demographic data

Population (2022)	8,654,622
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.70%
Population density (people/sq km)	219
Net migration	52,000
Fertility rate	1.5
Median age	43
Urban population share	74%

Switzerland: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 39,516

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 1,544,425
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 39.1%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 40,294
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 2.6%

Switzerland: Annual forest and tree cover data

Switzerland: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 1,165
2002: 881
2003: 433
2004: 3,830
2005: 2,321
2006: 2,049
2007: 1,852
2008: 2,419
2009: 2,275
2010: 1,738
2011: 1,940
2012: 1,518
2013: 794
2014: 1,504
2015: 773
2016: 1,679
2017: 2,542
2018: 3,134
2019: 3,519
2020: 3,928

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) %
Aargau	53,482	516	700	600	1,048	2,865	5.4%
Graubünden	233,815	742	1,656	1,126	2,845	6,369	2.7%
Jura	39,843	241	331	170	346	1,087	2.7%
Lucerne	59,180	699	585	163	646	2,093	3.5%
Neuchâtel	35,042	43	74	26	111	254	0.7%
Nidwalden	12,655	31	56	26	53	166	1.3%
Obwalden	25,431	96	102	50	168	416	1.6%
Sankt Gallen	89,662	370	409	236	486	1,501	1.7%
Schaffhausen	12,712	62	69	31	259	420	3.3%
Schwyz	45,018	233	274	111	232	849	1.9%
Solothurn	35,955	278	343	286	603	1,510	4.2%
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	13,574	41	101	46	130	318	2.3%
Thurgau	25,522	375	397	213	403	1,388	5.4%
Ticino	148,170	221	281	237	546	1,284	0.9%
Uri	31,120	34	86	20	126	266	0.9%
Valais	136,354	469	430	395	830	2,123	1.6%
Vaud	115,235	913	1,129	669	1,173	3,885	3.4%
Zug	9,929	27	22	16	43	107	1.1%
Zürich	63,403	684	388	375	1,214	2,661	4.2%
Appenzell Innerrhoden	8,838	26	95	35	102	258	2.9%
Basel-Landschaft	22,835	103	198	167	271	739	3.2%
Basel-Stadt	784	1	2	3	6	12	1.5%
Bern	236,459	1,628	1,818	1,183	2,496	7,125	3.0%
Fribourg	55,650	749	649	297	538	2,233	4.0%
Genève	4,081	17	34	14	8	73	1.8%
Glarus	29,668	34	105	33	121	293	1.0%

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) %
Sankt Gallen	See-Gaster	12,639	101	66	38	56	261	2.1%
Aargau	Zofingen	6,476	97	125	122	133	476	7.4%
Aargau	Zurzach	4,833	52	73	55	209	389	8.0%
Aargau	Baden	6,333	35	48	33	88	205	3.2%
Aargau	Bremgarten	3,916	31	19	25	71	146	3.7%
Aargau	Brugg	6,587	25	66	57	72	220	3.3%
Aargau	Kulm	3,712	42	62	31	78	214	5.8%
Aargau	Laufenburg	5,740	63	103	71	115	351	6.1%
Aargau	Lenzburg	3,721	24	34	46	27	131	3.5%
Aargau	Muri	3,030	24	31	18	78	152	5.0%
Aargau	Rheinfelden	3,803	73	76	84	96	328	8.6%
Graubünden	Albula	25,172	74	196	131	420	821	3.3%
Graubünden	Prättigau/Davos	30,598	64	222	157	344	787	2.6%
Graubünden	Surselva	44,786	120	329	205	444	1,098	2.5%
Graubünden	Bernina	8,699	73	97	54	334	558	6.4%
Graubünden	Hinterrhein	20,774	93	194	110	225	621	3.0%
Graubünden	Imboden	8,774	70	110	104	193	476	5.4%
Graubünden	Inn	31,362	55	137	112	263	567	1.8%
Graubünden	Landquart	10,394	46	120	89	151	405	3.9%
Graubünden	Maloja	16,720	19	36	14	123	192	1.1%
Graubünden	Moësa	24,215	79	125	78	194	476	2.0%
Graubünden	Plessur	12,323	49	90	72	155	367	3.0%
Jura	Delémont	14,981	90	116	73	145	425	2.8%
Jura	Les Franches-Montagnes	11,393	40	82	51	92	265	2.3%
Jura	Porrentruy	13,470	111	132	46	108	397	2.9%
Lucerne	Entlebuch	24,335	390	250	57	289	985	4.0%
Lucerne	Hochdorf	4,056	50	53	15	84	202	5.0%
Lucerne	Luzern	10,889	47	52	14	58	170	1.6%
Lucerne	Sursee	6,921	105	98	27	92	322	4.7%
Lucerne	Willisau	12,979	107	132	50	124	413	3.2%
Neuchâtel	Boudry	5,329	4	9	5	27	45	0.8%
Neuchâtel	La Chaux-de-Fonds	4,128	3	6	3	12	24	0.6%
Neuchâtel	Le Locle	7,144	10	15	2	6	34	0.5%
Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	3,618	8	6	7	32	53	1.5%
Neuchâtel	Val-de-Ruz	5,580	5	5	5	9	24	0.4%
Neuchâtel	Val-de-Travers	9,242	13	32	5	24	74	0.8%
Nidwalden	Nidwalden	12,655	31	56	26	53	166	1.3%
Obwalden	Obwalden	25,431	96	102	50	168	416	1.6%
Sankt Gallen	Rheintal	4,052	16	31	10	24	82	2.0%
Sankt Gallen	Rorschach	1,652	5	8	2	6	22	1.3%
Sankt Gallen	Sankt Gallen	5,953	34	45	19	38	136	2.3%
Sankt Gallen	Sarganserland	24,083	32	70	52	131	286	1.2%
Aargau	Aarau	5,332	50	63	57	82	253	4.7%
Sankt Gallen	Toggenburg	27,469	67	71	56	128	322	1.2%
Sankt Gallen	Werdenberg	8,961	35	35	23	53	145	1.6%
Sankt Gallen	Wil	4,853	78	83	36	50	248	5.1%
Schaffhausen	Oberklettgau	1,855	5	3	1	32	42	2.3%
Schaffhausen	Reiat	1,025	6	7	5	35	53	5.2%
Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	5,626	25	36	11	82	154	2.7%
Schaffhausen	Schleitheim	1,657	4	2	2	6	15	0.9%
Schaffhausen	Stein	1,140	5	14	9	59	88	7.7%
Schaffhausen	Unterklettgau	1,408	15	6	3	45	68	4.8%
Schwyz	Einsiedeln	6,321	92	74	25	49	241	3.8%
Schwyz	Gersau	908	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Schwyz	Höfe	1,716	8	13	6	7	35	2.0%
Schwyz	Küssnacht	1,179	4	4	2	6	15	1.3%
Schwyz	March	9,323	30	37	23	43	134	1.4%
Schwyz	Schwyz	25,571	98	145	54	126	423	1.7%
Solothurn	Bucheggberg	2,030	42	16	10	11	79	3.9%
Solothurn	Wasseramt	2,005	44	48	30	63	185	9.2%
Solothurn	Dorneck	3,351	12	18	20	29	79	2.4%
Solothurn	Gäu	2,295	46	57	36	142	280	12.2%
Solothurn	Gösgen	3,446	15	35	23	62	136	3.9%
Solothurn	Lebern	5,473	4	4	3	28	40	0.7%
Solothurn	Olten	3,726	67	78	84	106	335	9.0%
Solothurn	Solothurn	70	0	0	0	1	1	1.4%
Solothurn	Thal	7,480	26	42	57	117	242	3.2%
Solothurn	Thierstein	6,078	21	45	24	43	133	2.2%
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	13,574	41	101	46	130	318	2.3%
Thurgau	Arbon	1,550	11	23	9	13	56	3.6%
Thurgau	Bischofszell	2,479	58	44	24	20	146	5.9%
Thurgau	Bodensee	33	0	0	0	1	1	3.0%
Thurgau	Diessenhofen	1,189	8	10	5	33	57	4.8%
Thurgau	Frauenfeld	4,192	54	42	28	108	231	5.5%
Thurgau	Kreuzlingen	3,248	67	99	41	32	240	7.4%
Thurgau	Münchwilen	5,339	72	68	42	26	208	3.9%
Thurgau	Steckborn	4,905	42	47	24	148	261	5.3%
Thurgau	Weinfelden	2,587	62	63	41	22	188	7.3%
Ticino	Bellinzona	14,834	19	23	40	44	126	0.8%
Ticino	Blenio	14,798	32	43	33	144	250	1.7%
Ticino	Leventina	20,563	42	63	38	159	303	1.5%
Ticino	Locarno	33,361	42	38	25	44	149	0.4%
Ticino	Lugano	21,175	34	47	73	104	258	1.2%
Ticino	Mendrisio	6,339	9	11	7	13	39	0.6%
Ticino	Riviera	9,982	13	23	10	20	65	0.7%
Ticino	Vallemaggia	27,117	29	34	11	19	93	0.3%
Uri	Uri	31,120	34	86	20	126	266	0.9%
Valais	Brig	10,539	19	26	7	30	82	0.8%
Valais	Saint-Maurice	6,995	16	22	17	44	99	1.4%
Valais	Sierre	12,232	30	67	54	112	263	2.2%
Valais	Sion	2,500	3	29	5	10	46	1.8%
Valais	Visp	13,092	12	16	47	57	132	1.0%
Valais	West Raron	6,722	9	13	10	13	45	0.7%
Valais	Conthey	7,477	9	27	21	44	102	1.4%
Glarus	Glarus	29,668	34	105	33	121	293	1.0%
Valais	Goms	10,368	14	17	5	77	113	1.1%
Valais	Hérens	11,587	7	21	39	69	137	1.2%
Valais	Leuk	9,466	244	31	50	109	435	4.6%
Valais	Martigny	12,197	24	36	41	57	157	1.3%
Valais	Monthey	13,403	41	53	37	85	217	1.6%
Valais	Raron	4,372	15	14	5	33	67	1.5%
Vaud	Aigle	22,228	61	65	31	74	231	1.0%
Vaud	Pays-d'Enhaut	15,214	43	41	28	63	175	1.2%
Vaud	Broye-Vully	5,669	131	161	61	85	438	7.7%
Vaud	Gros-de-Vaud	5,475	184	220	78	123	605	11.1%
Vaud	Jura-North Vaudois	33,164	237	337	232	435	1,242	3.7%
Vaud	Lausanne	2,276	21	24	9	12	65	2.9%
Vaud	Lavaux-Oron	3,544	87	88	66	55	296	8.4%
Vaud	Morges	12,710	96	137	101	181	515	4.1%
Vaud	Nyon	14,617	52	54	61	143	309	2.1%
Vaud	Ouest lausannois	337	2	3	2	2	9	2.7%
Zug	Zug	9,929	27	22	16	43	107	1.1%
Zürich	Affoltern	4,246	27	16	13	96	151	3.6%
Zürich	Schaffhausen	385	5	2	1	38	46	11.9%
Zürich	Uster	3,161	106	25	40	46	217	6.9%
Zürich	Winterthur	9,947	83	60	71	240	454	4.6%
Zürich	Zürich	2,816	12	9	9	20	50	1.8%
Zürich	Andelfingen	6,174	33	39	19	269	360	5.8%
Zürich	Bülach	6,726	125	42	27	70	264	3.9%
Zürich	Dielsdorf	4,952	62	28	25	68	184	3.7%
Zürich	Dietikon	2,526	17	13	9	35	74	2.9%
Zürich	Hinwil	7,892	80	71	59	121	331	4.2%
Zürich	Horgen	3,419	4	8	6	45	63	1.8%
Zürich	Meilen	3,169	22	13	13	66	114	3.6%
Zürich	Pfäffikon	7,992	108	62	84	99	354	4.4%
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell Innerrhoden	8,838	26	95	35	102	258	2.9%
Basel-Landschaft	Arlesheim	2,643	14	24	17	47	102	3.9%
Basel-Landschaft	Laufen	4,566	31	35	36	41	143	3.1%
Basel-Landschaft	Liestal	3,482	16	43	35	58	152	4.4%
Basel-Landschaft	Sissach	6,626	23	50	43	73	190	2.9%
Basel-Landschaft	Waldenburg	5,518	19	46	36	51	152	2.8%
Basel-Stadt	Basel	207	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Basel-Stadt	Bettingen	292	0	1	2	5	7	2.4%
Basel-Stadt	Riehen	285	1	1	1	1	3	1.1%
Bern	Aarberg	4,360	69	78	47	75	269	6.2%
Bern	Frutigen	17,020	93	79	65	91	328	1.9%
Bern	Interlaken	27,677	79	216	104	183	581	2.1%
Bern	Konolfingen	7,392	24	23	19	67	133	1.8%
Bern	La Neuveville	2,992	12	33	39	67	151	5.0%
Bern	Laupen	2,783	35	44	46	100	225	8.1%
Bern	Moutier	13,388	52	126	89	186	453	3.4%
Bern	Nidau	2,602	23	64	40	72	199	7.6%
Bern	Niedersimmental	16,095	190	107	34	63	394	2.4%
Bern	Oberhasli	13,597	19	90	43	91	243	1.8%
Bern	Obersimmental	14,852	189	72	58	124	443	3.0%
Bern	Aarwangen	5,511	40	55	26	42	163	3.0%
Bern	Saanen	12,029	95	59	43	124	321	2.7%
Bern	Schwarzenburg	7,608	39	70	35	53	197	2.6%
Bern	Seftigen	6,149	27	29	36	85	177	2.9%
Bern	Signau	18,887	81	79	48	169	376	2.0%
Bern	Thun	11,962	61	44	27	67	199	1.7%
Bern	Trachselwald	7,821	22	20	13	39	94	1.2%
Bern	Wangen	4,894	56	77	45	143	321	6.6%
Bern	Bern	7,940	141	141	117	242	640	8.1%
Bern	Biel	1,201	4	3	4	7	18	1.5%
Bern	Büren	2,782	53	50	37	43	182	6.5%
Bern	Burgdorf	7,631	90	60	44	105	299	3.9%
Bern	Courtelary	13,879	44	78	58	148	329	2.4%
Bern	Erlach	2,160	15	36	20	31	102	4.7%
Bern	Fraubrunnen	3,247	75	84	48	79	287	8.8%
Fribourg	La Broye	3,764	123	112	43	68	347	9.2%
Fribourg	La Glâne	3,759	81	66	25	32	204	5.4%
Fribourg	La Gruyère	24,663	221	221	79	209	731	3.0%
Fribourg	La Sarine	5,835	107	63	42	57	269	4.6%
Fribourg	La Veveyse	6,148	28	40	16	29	113	1.8%
Fribourg	Lac	3,227	73	59	36	67	235	7.3%
Fribourg	Sense	8,253	115	88	56	75	334	4.0%
Genève	Genève	4,081	17	34	14	8	73	1.8%
Valais	Entremont	15,403	25	58	57	89	229	1.5%

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2019 forest data for Switzerland | Archived forest data for Switzerland | Forest data for Switzerland

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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