Deforestation statistics for United Kingdom



United Kingdom: Demographic data

Population (2022)67,886,011
Annual population growth rate (2022)0.50%
Population density (people/sq km)281
Net migration260,650
Fertility rate1.8
Median age40
Urban population share83%


United Kingdom: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 241,930
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 3,695,622
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 15.3%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 480,524
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 13.0%


United Kingdom: Annual forest and tree cover data

United Kingdom: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 23,244
2002: 20,112
2003: 1,875
2004: 24,847
2005: 8,873
2006: 21,054
2007: 31,223
2008: 12,505
2009: 37,710
2010: 28,469
2011: 22,657
2012: 35,669
2013: 28,596
2014: 30,372
2015: 23,997
2016: 28,808
2017: 23,042
2018: 26,252
2019: 28,377
2020: 22,843




Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1Tree 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)
%
England1,519,10724,20334,96421,86019,343100,3716.6%
Northern Ireland194,4014,5344,7555,0364,64618,9719.8%
Scotland1,594,87437,76775,621102,43291,982307,80219.3%
Wales387,21812,44715,62011,96113,34953,37713.8%




Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1Admin area 2Tree 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)
%
WalesDenbighshire21,3186347596587052,75612.9%
EnglandBradford4,929274280802866213.4%
EnglandTameside1,409262740564.0%
EnglandTelford and Wrekin2,725617711401.5%
EnglandThurrock530110030.6%
EnglandTorbay555101791.6%
EnglandTrafford1,230230050.4%
EnglandWakefield2,279151041301.3%
EnglandWalsall755120040.5%
EnglandWarrington1,638432090.5%
EnglandWarwickshire12,011905231161891.6%
EnglandWest Berkshire9,5205211358532762.9%
EnglandBrighton and Hove345220041.2%
EnglandWest Sussex42,327983653412701,0732.5%
EnglandWigan2,03561020180.9%
EnglandWiltshire28,3821941551681426582.3%
EnglandWindsor and Maidenhead4,136325249601.5%
EnglandWirral1,168221140.3%
EnglandWokingham3,56742197421.2%
EnglandWolverhampton332100020.6%
EnglandWorcestershire17,285894529362001.2%
EnglandYork1,75416251825844.8%
EnglandBristol629110020.3%
EnglandBuckinghamshire19,49442109108953541.8%
EnglandBury1,303330060.5%
EnglandCalderdale5,70641620227164611.3%
EnglandCambridgeshire22,6238132597705732.5%
EnglandCentral Bedfordshire6,1431710976302313.8%
EnglandCheshire East15,808559742432371.5%
EnglandCheshire West and Chester7,072387824171582.2%
EnglandBath and North East Somerset3,41824682401.2%
EnglandCornwall42,7613183653002621,2462.9%
EnglandCoventry321000010.3%
EnglandCumbria82,4182,9514,4523,4632,78913,65416.6%
EnglandDarlington1,0704137141.3%
EnglandDerby411100010.2%
EnglandDerbyshire40,1055595162122441,5303.8%
EnglandDevon99,9148421,0271,0971,2454,2124.2%
EnglandDoncaster4,095151910581022.5%
EnglandDorset34,8073165505505031,9195.5%
EnglandDudley663110030.5%
EnglandBedfordshire1,9132442120.6%
EnglandDurham24,0651,7431,8266065964,77119.8%
EnglandEast Riding of Yorkshire7,925435022391541.9%
EnglandEast Sussex41,933642572301266771.6%
EnglandEssex21,744365843261630.7%
EnglandGateshead2,0851928256793.8%
EnglandGloucestershire36,2202032842351498722.4%
EnglandGreater London16,8121022144500.3%
EnglandHalton472120040.8%
EnglandHampshire73,8915501,0946745162,8343.8%
EnglandHartlepool7701321627587.5%
EnglandBirmingham2,3717630150.6%
EnglandHerefordshire27,988992542792238553.1%
EnglandHertfordshire20,4091910943141850.9%
EnglandIsle of Wight5,967492597901.5%
EnglandIsles of Scilly4312911122.8%
EnglandKent51,2881022322201456991.4%
EnglandKingston upon Hull184110021.1%
EnglandKirklees7,5251007939152333.1%
EnglandKnowsley88921155232.6%
EnglandLancashire29,0529101,2254292582,8229.7%
EnglandLeeds6,842783311201422.1%
EnglandBlackburn with Darwen1,81960522361508.2%
EnglandLeicester292000010.3%
EnglandLeicestershire11,1381256656212692.4%
EnglandLincolnshire23,8762561961871127513.1%
EnglandLuton169010010.6%
EnglandManchester1,5205401100.7%
EnglandMedway1,4633620120.8%
EnglandMiddlesbrough242000010.4%
EnglandMilton Keynes1,63081355311.9%
EnglandNewcastle upon Tyne6189140152.4%
EnglandNorfolk47,2102398435654522,0984.4%
EnglandBlackpool54000000.0%
EnglandNorth Lincolnshire3,74915192828892.4%
EnglandNorth Somerset4,79115555290.6%
EnglandNorth Tyneside287610072.4%
EnglandNorth Yorkshire118,9685,0008,2592,5601,98417,80315.0%
EnglandNorthamptonshire16,864189325104636814.0%
EnglandNorthumberland83,2075,6076,9285,9495,77624,26129.2%
EnglandNottingham657100010.2%
EnglandNottinghamshire17,6421622411452157634.3%
EnglandOldham1,426592220845.9%
EnglandOxfordshire20,782125128105674262.0%
EnglandBolton1,735141523331.9%
EnglandPeterborough2,03031422201.0%
EnglandPlymouth840311381.0%
EnglandPoole1,3717453191.4%
EnglandPortsmouth167000000.0%
EnglandReading675012030.4%
EnglandRedcar and Cleveland4,3754813476523107.1%
EnglandRochdale1,581271000382.4%
EnglandRotherham1,86210410150.8%
EnglandRutland2,00967343411366.8%
EnglandSaint Helens9557400111.2%
EnglandBournemouth544111140.7%
EnglandSalford989131050.5%
EnglandSandwell824210030.4%
EnglandSefton1,548101953372.4%
EnglandSheffield9,374111179162895415.8%
EnglandShropshire39,4403564343175081,6154.1%
EnglandSlough375010010.3%
EnglandSolihull1,5237434181.2%
EnglandSomerset37,7483173834854791,6644.4%
EnglandSouth Gloucestershire3,147131698461.5%
EnglandSouth Tyneside162000010.6%
EnglandBracknell Forest3,7711411210115538210.1%
EnglandSouthampton77311300151.9%
EnglandSouthend-on-Sea114000000.0%
EnglandStaffordshire35,2513613312492571,1973.4%
EnglandStockport2,244430080.4%
EnglandStockton-on-Tees1,437132186392.7%
EnglandStoke-on-Trent801520070.9%
EnglandSuffolk31,7321686944655491,8765.9%
EnglandSunderland7827220121.5%
EnglandSurrey55,439537454452971,5402.8%
EnglandSwindon81711410162.0%
Northern IrelandAntrim and Newtownabbey7,597353622101041.4%
Northern IrelandNewry, Mourne and Down19,3741732855043081,2706.6%
Northern IrelandNorth Down and Ards7,0112012305660.9%
Northern IrelandArmagh, Banbridge and Craigavon14,470146232124465473.8%
Northern IrelandBelfast91028110303.3%
Northern IrelandCauseway Coast and Glens36,9671,2326751,2701,1214,29911.6%
Northern IrelandDerry and Strabane18,7574267324285232,10911.2%
Northern IrelandFermanagh and Omagh47,9651,2822,1251,8891,9867,28215.2%
Northern IrelandLisburn and Castlereagh6,26468152961171.9%
Northern IrelandMid and East Antrim15,3306911512393041,3869.0%
Northern IrelandMid Ulster19,7584334915023361,7638.9%
ScotlandAberdeen3,96431116119903559.0%
ScotlandEast Lothian11,1693383813701711,26111.3%
ScotlandEast Renfrewshire3,30661265714833810.2%
ScotlandEdinburgh4,205902638151694.0%
ScotlandEilean Siar8,67454369651912.2%
ScotlandFalkirk4,514369325817556112.4%
ScotlandFife17,2872433934246121,6739.7%
ScotlandGlasgow2,1691470120.6%
ScotlandHighland426,4346,79017,00726,33722,56172,69517.0%
ScotlandInverclyde4,357221692067847410.9%
ScotlandMidlothian5,85822075121845008.5%
ScotlandAberdeenshire150,7552,7155,5435,0244,71717,99911.9%
ScotlandMoray81,5261,3285,0985,7333,85916,01719.6%
ScotlandNorth Ayrshire29,8005866601,1568283,23010.8%
ScotlandNorth Lanarkshire6,5961214133864321,35220.5%
ScotlandOrkney Islands7,058000000.0%
ScotlandPerthshire and Kinross116,6401,7824,4534,7365,14416,11513.8%
ScotlandRenfrewshire7,48728481281063104.1%
ScotlandScottish Borders103,4104,8136,6478,3388,56828,36527.4%
ScotlandShetland Islands0000000.0%
ScotlandSouth Ayrshire44,3551,1443,3792,7762,1839,48321.4%
ScotlandSouth Lanarkshire34,4179962,8682,7072,4839,05426.3%
ScotlandAngus35,6599461,7661,0281,0794,81913.5%
ScotlandStirling52,2791,4032,7972,8082,7339,74118.6%
ScotlandWest Dunbartonshire5,106816015844477015.1%
ScotlandWest Lothian7,7301345355615461,77623.0%
ScotlandArgyll and Bute203,7204,2994,43520,43715,01744,18621.7%
ScotlandClackmannanshire2,28623808613332314.1%
ScotlandDumfries and Galloway175,7228,95416,09615,90917,31858,27733.2%
ScotlandDundee6684411101.5%
ScotlandEast Ayrshire34,9126472,1472,2792,3717,44521.3%
ScotlandEast Dunbartonshire2,8138651498130310.8%
WalesAnglesey5,49415546661412.6%
WalesFlintshire5,496534855432003.6%
WalesGwynedd50,9172,2452,9461,8392,2399,26918.2%
WalesMerthyr Tydfil3,0201031552254853117.6%
WalesMonmouthshire15,605981561813227574.9%
WalesNeath Port Talbot13,4027417201,3287043,49226.1%
WalesNewport2,176829421011808.3%
WalesPembrokeshire24,371273377161969073.7%
WalesPowys100,3303,6704,3963,8524,16016,07816.0%
WalesRhondda, Cynon, Taff7,3794124032722871,37318.6%
WalesSwansea4,42137599171222.8%
WalesBlaenau Gwent1,287514985416212.6%
WalesTorfaen4,04991647626950112.4%
WalesVale of Glamorgan2,53034912281.1%
WalesWrexham10,0674856951701481,49714.9%
WalesBridgend4,4222292602077276717.3%
WalesCaerphilly4,41488951031414279.7%
WalesCardiff1,7944413120.7%
WalesCarmarthenshire46,1677581,3041,0831,6014,74610.3%
WalesCeredigion38,4331,7452,2771,2001,4416,66317.3%
WalesConwy20,1257037684778192,76713.7%
EnglandBarnsley5,81747614931602.8%


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2019 forest data for United Kingdom | Archived forest data for United Kingdom | Forest data for United Kingdom

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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