Deforestation statistics for Tanzania



Total land area: Tanzania

Total land areaha
Land area94,202,215
Tree cover in 201823,293,797

 

Forest and tree cover extent: Tanzania

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Tanzania. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200026,440,319
2001732,170
2010724,38924,737,374
2018707,95823,293,797
Primary/Total tree cover
2018
3%
Tree cover/Total land area
2018
24.7%

 

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Tanzania

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Tanzania by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)
YearPrimary forestTree cover (30%)
200182,331
200284385,171
200372784,174
200472466,976
200575166,976
200673985,413
2007917121,856
20081,056164,450
2009938143,519
20101,086138,669
2011803137,973
20121,365154,605
20132,629181,687
20143,420198,474
20151,519112,102
20162,227153,022
20172,204195,116
20182,263171,929
Primary loss 2002-201824,212
Tree cover loss
2001-2018
2,262,112
Primary loss/
Total tree cover loss
1.1%
Percent loss
2001-2018
3.3%
Loss/year
(2001/2-2010)
864.63 103,954
Loss/year
(2011-2018)
2,053.77 163,114

 

Biodiversity data: Tanzania

Species count by taxa for Tanzania. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).
Animal / plant groupSpecies count
Birds1075
Amphibians206
Reptiles359
Fishes1755
Mammals359
Vascular plants10008

 

Conservation data: Tanzania

Data on threatened species in Tanzania as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.
TaxaSpecies count
Threatened mammals (2018)41
Threatened birds (2018)49
Threatened fishes (2018)179
Threatened higher plants (2018)644

 

Protected areas data: Tanzania

Data on threatened species in Tanzania as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
Protected areas (2017)Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas,
% of total land area
38.1
Marine protected areas,
% of territorial waters

 

Tree cover loss data for Tanzania

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
loss 2001-2018
(ha)
% tree
cover loss
since 2000
Avg tree cover
loss/year
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2001-2010
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2011-2018
(ha)
10942022156533208269.40%6469419968.70%6271482566.60%36112905.50%200627163192247422
15942022155491466958.30%5318378056.50%5128614554.40%34284286.20%190468153079237204
20942022153650050738.70%3451040736.60%3293166235.00%28339597.80%157442125521197343
25942022153410085436.20%3297813235.00%3145376633.40%27416098.00%152312121724190546
30942022152644031928.10%2473737426.30%2343246624.90%23691979.00%131622106429163114
5094202215971360110.30%86687769.20%80628678.60%118865312.20%660365827475739
759420221512336011.30%11157001.20%10289471.10%18626015.10%10348995110844

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Tanzania

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Biomass
loss 2001-18
(Mt)
Avg biomass
loss/year
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
(Mt)
10942022156533208264694199102260152003823591282124217470099175938943987
1594202215549146695318378094451136223747900772082167168711516138173065
2094202215365005073451040775544846673416858351898254662642402234801335
2594202215341008543297813272560548083356958821864977161544242134191246
3094202215264403192473737461901047603086386731714659356583751831435418
50942022159713601866877629471506561862072261034484634137992718965552
759420221512336011115700531937743418321492324008766922884260683

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Tanzania

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
% cover
in 2018
Loss
2001-2018
(ha)
% loss
since 2000
Avg loss/year
since 2000
(ha)
Loss 2001-2010
(ha)
loss
between
2000-2010
Avg loss/year 2001-2010
(ha)
Loss 2011-2018
(ha)
loss
between
2011-2018
Avg loss/year 2011-2018
(ha)
Arusha38115502374962714792695627%79023%43959853%59919171%240
Dar es Salaam1648131600013882124498%522533%290379224%379143310%179
Dodoma41920252059512351552259665%2585613%1,436166678%1,66791894%1,149
Geita197642465566866376764451633%327345%1,819134832%1,348192513%2,406
Iringa365216281267486088980562722%9264911%5,147373875%3,739552626%6,908
Kagera368194467825766062163945917%323875%1,799112252%1,123211623%2,645
Katavi491284325033502459607238144548%1046964%5,816265341%2,653781623%9,770
Kigoma444320720157902043200197977545%1077255%5,985443002%4,430634253%7,928
Kilimanjaro132295921908922991722792317%60143%33440202%40219941%249
Lindi651689238156863414658325873750%3061718%17,0101502504%15,0251559215%19,490
Manyara46752391656242079861924174%3820523%2,1232263614%2,264155697%1,946
Mara30671417152776592740712%54208%30128994%29025213%315
Mbeya617633212851411083029101728716%882957%4,905225532%2,255657426%8,218
Morogoro702072636391883515238337125748%2706647%15,0371266833%12,6681439814%17,998
Mtwara180003969220157032849768028%18313326%10,17411048516%11,0497264813%9,081
Mwanza26052865746056645540482%588510%32732886%32925975%325
Njombe213548168884175414970995633%7143510%3,969272424%2,724441936%5,524
Pemba North5679935856402593518762%663218%36815604%156507213%634
Pemba South4997431589320142986960%317610%17610313%10321457%268
Pwani326379016386311559929138250642%32551120%18,0841480889%14,80917742311%22,178
Rukwa281915664277462082459910221%412096%2,289194873%1,949217223%2,715
Ruvuma631438733288582835182274076043%1814195%10,079869973%8,700944223%11,803
Shinyanga16454291175971093791067826%100029%55674056%74125972%325
Simiyu2509972569513337133071%1923%111623%16300%4
Singida48594183047652413172124354%4735516%2,631184736%1,8472888212%3,610
Tabora755611315352211213794107994714%23264815%12,925988016%9,88013384711%16,731
Tanga280891892228484873378230228%10869112%6,038422605%4,226664318%8,304
Zanzibar North4793224740204461686035%666827%370308212%308358618%448
Zanzibar South and Central9033877394715255964066%1831724%1,01864328%6431188517%1,486
Zanzibar West2492614972134931159447%298120%16610827%108189914%237

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Tanzania

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2011-18 (Mt)
Arusha381155023749627147982133189324925918051425932182007
Dar es Salaam164813160001388232894301120447622478164238004
Dodoma4192025205951235155350699653801301211183242920171513
Geita19764246556686637671416456905928846329380262123413453
Iringa365216281267486088923759025230626835170149113263832170376
Kagera3681944678257660621995468285590926310607202538445694
Katavi4912843250335024596076001626452816017715644547182242622242
Kigoma44432072015790204320050140180627815394154530011575642029969
Kilimanjaro132295921908922991776466604219836112213116023274505
Lindi65168923815686341465878280086967768588376492234735174129178
Manyara4675239165624207986315317954747348263742297720221269
Mara306714171527765929180307806860448264415045670
Mbeya6176332128514110830292946649202063289911462725561251883956
Morogoro70207263639188351523898382884273984581411025535060944865456
Mtwara180003969220157032813285193137673219209295723246971803281
Mwanza2605286574605664512638533194855410825312457687849
Njombe21354816888417541491822040162096308911646168871101511499
Pemba North56799358564025911382517219063412170249534211912
Pemba South4997431589320149147734940701522612991380196
Pwani32637901638631155992933252160273119210406217833852914908287
Rukwa28191566427746208241328123619325587518088459749591013
Ruvuma63143873328858283518287642039451529135286273025115873301658
Shinyanga164542911759710937926497213186315810350914224355092
Simiyu25099725695133377888012913516192451578
Singida4859418304765241317325023045094036283002216607365996
Tabora75561131535221121379431994062050959323283107422287133584024
Tanga280891892228484873320882685225888036143822410491711924541
Zanzibar North479322474020446653041217878919932785007117227
Zanzibar South and Central903387739471525217519515231510290639188676418094
Zanzibar West2492614972134933974377862478479153226067485

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Tanzania

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Avg biomass
per ha
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2011-18 (Mt)
Arusha38115502374962714794479992218817723229846214144844731
Dar es Salaam16481316000138821794235112611154339534453220729
Dodoma41920252059512351551912907393207344111519113250293552
Geita1976424655668663767772612861183233920179662142976225520
Iringa3652162812674860889129594684159167055449280867234811183841
Kagera368194467825766062154298270803049595169422110475243105
Katavi491284325033502459607327361443131153600948533393917591430314
Kigoma444320720157902043200273491893136151720458428916313991107257
Kilimanjaro1322959219089229917417090561901199104666178739940639
Lindi65168923815686341465842698229211236964683205359418946452252279
Manyara4675239165624207986171991591042589464143859162393120692
Mara30671417152776592500744270440111244512408224911
Mbeya617633212851411083029160726321125112543086252393033411027612
Morogoro70207263639188351523853663391414840355228224195719124152653885
Mtwara1800039692201570328724646901052054903211416131268017983608
Mwanza2605286574605664568937461201062848590476795147918
Njombe21354816888417541499938400914411434414635245483878824454
Pemba North567993585640259620864617311948916638327019115588
Pemba South4997431589320144989673158513110285061631643744
Pwani32637901638631155992918137542111139883209221573418465232677248
Rukwa2819156642774620824724431061135086682282593250772322371
Ruvuma63143873328858283518247804748714428106800156148913699561800905
Shinyanga1645429117597109379144530251221016266564597758730050
Simiyu250997256951333743025675158928831337315
Singida485941830476524131717728528582778565154365118150199634
Tabora75561131535221121379417451306611327795989154422212156621954922
Tanga2808918922284848733113905554123141207577844875722761049750
Zanzibar North4793224740204463562043144975213541794636863942
Zanzibar South and Central903387739471525118647001532853549158531102914228051
Zanzibar West2492614972134932167842145470443261361759636810

 

 

Archived forest data for Tanzania | Forest data for Tanzania

 

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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