Deforestation statistics for World

World: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 57,510,000

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 3,993,364,654
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 69.4%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 411,375,790
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 10.3%

World: Annual forest and tree cover data

World: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 13,354,683
2002: 16,452,780
2003: 14,475,397
2004: 19,908,778
2005: 18,098,339
2006: 17,649,786
2007: 18,387,999
2008: 18,611,193
2009: 16,991,745
2010: 18,553,402
2011: 17,579,269
2012: 23,532,385
2013: 20,643,328
2014: 23,732,778
2015: 19,622,380
2016: 29,674,859
2017: 29,378,106
2018: 24,749,905
2019: 24,174,274
2020: 25,804,403

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2019 forest data for World | Archived forest data for World | Forest data for World

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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