Tree cover loss by dominant driver, gaps filled by country
Tree cover loss by dominant driver with 111 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
49,343 hectares
United States
Lowest
0 hectares
Chad
Median
85.07 hectares
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
4,306
What the numbers show
Tree cover loss by dominant driver, gaps filled is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 49,343 hectares in United States; the lowest is 0 hectares in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.07 hectares, and the mean is 865.59 hectares.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba (up 3,002.4%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 100.0%).
Tree cover loss by dominant driver, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 49,343 hectares | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 2 | China | 36,528 hectares | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 5,799 hectares | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4,931 hectares | 2024 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 5 | Canada | 4,707 hectares | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 4,217 hectares | 2024 | down 23.5% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,294 hectares | 2024 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ghana | 3,283 hectares | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 3,258 hectares | 2024 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 2,462 hectares | 2024 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 2,111 hectares | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 12 | Japan | 2,074 hectares | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,939 hectares | 2024 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 14 | India | 1,746 hectares | 2024 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 15 | South Korea | 1,422 hectares | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 1,361 hectares | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 1,301 hectares | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 1,270 hectares | 2024 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 1,238 hectares | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 20 | Finland | 1,215 hectares | 2024 | down 41.5% | flat |
| 21 | Norway | 1,152 hectares | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 1,111 hectares | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 23 | France | 1,090 hectares | 2024 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 24 | Argentina | 851.01 hectares | 2024 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 25 | Italy | 838.13 hectares | 2024 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 26 | Tanzania | 790.64 hectares | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Vietnam | 764.27 hectares | 2024 | down 50.5% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 735.21 hectares | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 29 | Uganda | 684.88 hectares | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 652.93 hectares | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 647.14 hectares | 2024 | up 457.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 644.69 hectares | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Philippines | 556.63 hectares | 2024 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 496.07 hectares | 2024 | up 93.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Laos | 485.83 hectares | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 465.65 hectares | 2024 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 37 | Portugal | 461.09 hectares | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 452.02 hectares | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 39 | Gabon | 392.07 hectares | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Taiwan | 371.37 hectares | 2024 | up 184.0% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 365.24 hectares | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Liberia | 359.02 hectares | 2024 | down 67.9% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 357.93 hectares | 2024 | down 47.9% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 345.18 hectares | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 45 | Peru | 337.97 hectares | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 315.3 hectares | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 309.07 hectares | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 48 | Guinea | 307.88 hectares | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 304.52 hectares | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 50 | Austria | 303.85 hectares | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 292.7 hectares | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 52 | Colombia | 274.67 hectares | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Ecuador | 265.21 hectares | 2024 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 257.67 hectares | 2024 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 55 | Honduras | 254.55 hectares | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 56 | Bolivia | 246.49 hectares | 2024 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 57 | Chile | 234.12 hectares | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 58 | Congo | 232.94 hectares | 2024 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 59 | Zambia | 228.8 hectares | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 60 | Guyana | 224.37 hectares | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 222.3 hectares | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 221.94 hectares | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 221.72 hectares | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Croatia | 216.18 hectares | 2024 | up 117.7% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 215.41 hectares | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 213.06 hectares | 2024 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 67 | Suriname | 212.65 hectares | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 68 | Switzerland | 203.72 hectares | 2024 | up 178.0% | rising |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 188.76 hectares | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Madagascar | 182.85 hectares | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 71 | Belgium | 170.69 hectares | 2024 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Kenya | 168.49 hectares | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 153.22 hectares | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Bhutan | 137.45 hectares | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Puerto Rico | 136.25 hectares | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 133.33 hectares | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovenia | 132.54 hectares | 2024 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 78 | El Salvador | 117.8 hectares | 2024 | up 168.4% | falling |
| 79 | Algeria | 116.3 hectares | 2024 | down 59.9% | rising |
| 80 | Belize | 115.88 hectares | 2024 | up 71.4% | falling |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 113.92 hectares | 2024 | down 63.5% | rising |
| 82 | Estonia | 112.75 hectares | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 83 | Venezuela | 105.54 hectares | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Bahamas | 101.58 hectares | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Romania | 99.55 hectares | 2024 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 86 | New Zealand | 99.42 hectares | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 87 | Serbia | 98.45 hectares | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Latvia | 98.43 hectares | 2024 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 97.53 hectares | 2024 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 90 | Cambodia | 96.68 hectares | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 92.47 hectares | 2024 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 87.66 hectares | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Lithuania | 82.48 hectares | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 94 | French Guiana | 79.34 hectares | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 78.76 hectares | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Czechia | 76.8 hectares | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 97 | Grenada | 75.64 hectares | 2024 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 67.46 hectares | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Brunei | 65.7 hectares | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Singapore | 54.84 hectares | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 51.03 hectares | 2024 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 49.1 hectares | 2024 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 103 | Hungary | 47.02 hectares | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Georgia | 46.39 hectares | 2024 | up 1,054.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.04 hectares | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 44.78 hectares | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 44.47 hectares | 2024 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 108 | Rwanda | 42.75 hectares | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | 42.23 hectares | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 110 | Eswatini | 36.04 hectares | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovakia | 35.08 hectares | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Denmark | 34.42 hectares | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | 30.13 hectares | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Mayotte | 30.1 hectares | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 115 | North Korea | 29.52 hectares | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 29.41 hectares | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 117 | South Sudan | 25.73 hectares | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 24.77 hectares | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Cayman Islands | 21.52 hectares | 2024 | up 225.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Burundi | 20.43 hectares | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 19.38 hectares | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Haiti | 19.02 hectares | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Cuba | 18.91 hectares | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Pakistan | 17.51 hectares | 2024 | up 399.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritius | 15.84 hectares | 2014 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 15.25 hectares | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Togo | 13.67 hectares | 2024 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.4 hectares | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 11.31 hectares | 2024 | up 410.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 10.81 hectares | 2024 | up 583.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 10.69 hectares | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Fiji | 10.58 hectares | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Comoros | 10.32 hectares | 2024 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Tunisia | 8.84 hectares | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Dominica | 8.68 hectares | 2024 | up 2,238.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Malawi | 8.49 hectares | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 7.85 hectares | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 6.53 hectares | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.51 hectares | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 140 | East Timor | 6.23 hectares | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Aland Islands | 6 hectares | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 5.35 hectares | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Andorra | 4.73 hectares | 2024 | up 1,559.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Moldova | 4.7 hectares | 2024 | up 457.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Israel | 4.48 hectares | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Egypt | 4.29 hectares | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 147 | Guadeloupe | 3.77 hectares | 2024 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Ireland | 3.71 hectares | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Armenia | 3.57 hectares | 2024 | up 1,926.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Benin | 3.36 hectares | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Senegal | 2.86 hectares | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 2.66 hectares | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Martinique | 2.53 hectares | 2024 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2.28 hectares | 2020 | up 3,002.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.25 hectares | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Palau | 2.06 hectares | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Curacao | 1.58 hectares | 2024 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Barbados | 1.5 hectares | 2024 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.13 hectares | 2024 | up 565.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Liechtenstein | 1.11 hectares | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.03 hectares | 2024 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Libya | 0.9731 hectares | 2024 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Montserrat | 0.9586 hectares | 2021 | up 1,199.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.6624 hectares | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Iran | 0.496 hectares | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Gambia | 0.4498 hectares | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Cyprus | 0.445 hectares | 2024 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 0.3493 hectares | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Palestine | 0.3286 hectares | 2024 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Mongolia | 0.3195 hectares | 2019 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 0.2997 hectares | 2014 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Reunion | 0.2879 hectares | 2016 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Syria | 0.2535 hectares | 2024 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Anguilla | 0.2195 hectares | 2022 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 175 | San Marino | 0.1673 hectares | 2024 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Namibia | 0.1461 hectares | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Malta | 0.1252 hectares | 2013 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Somalia | 0.0769 hectares | 2019 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0732 hectares | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 180 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0731 hectares | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Lesotho | 0.0668 hectares | 2021 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Botswana | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Iraq | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Chad | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Tree cover loss by dominant driver with 111 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Tree cover loss by dominant driver Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Tree cover loss by dominant driver with 111 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.