Canada vs United States: Tree cover loss

How they compare

Canada currently reports 5.16 million hectares against 1.59 million hectares in United States, a difference of 3.57 million hectares.

That makes Canada's figure about 3.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United States ahead.

Canada ranks 2nd and United States ranks 5th of 197 countries.