Tree cover loss by dominant driver, per square kilometre by country
Tree cover loss by dominant driver divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
174
Highest
0.2079 hectares per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 hectares per square kilometre
Uzbekistan
Median
0.0012 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
23
2001–2023
Data points
3,776
What the numbers show
Tree cover loss by dominant driver, per square kilometre is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 0.2079 hectares per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 hectares per square kilometre in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0056 hectares per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 3,603.1%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 100.0%).
Tree cover loss by dominant driver, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 0.2079 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 514.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Cayman Islands | 0.0693 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Grenada | 0.0584 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 190.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Maldives | 0.0449 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 665.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0381 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Jamaica | 0.0336 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.0% | falling |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 0.0281 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Dominica | 0.0253 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 573.4% | volatile |
| 9 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0205 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0202 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Palau | 0.0184 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,603.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Saint Lucia | 0.0174 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 13 | South Korea | 0.0163 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | flat |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0161 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 235.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Malaysia | 0.0148 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 0.0135 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 0.0126 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.3% | falling |
| 18 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0112 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0108 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Montenegro | 0.0099 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 314.2% | rising |
| 21 | Brunei | 0.0097 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Liechtenstein | 0.0089 hectares per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0086 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Bahamas | 0.0082 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritius | 0.0079 hectares per square kilometre | 2014 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0.0074 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 377.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Curacao | 0.0071 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 599.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 29 | Belgium | 0.0069 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 254.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Andorra | 0.0063 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.0062 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.8% | falling |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0062 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Japan | 0.0059 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 34 | Barbados | 0.0056 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 146.1% | volatile |
| 35 | United States | 0.0054 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 36 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0051 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 0.005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.0047 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 241.9% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 0.0045 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 40 | Guatemala | 0.0044 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.4% | falling |
| 41 | Belize | 0.004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.1% | falling |
| 42 | Greece | 0.0038 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 226.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Lebanon | 0.0038 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 44 | Norway | 0.0038 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 0.0038 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.1% | rising |
| 46 | Sweden | 0.0037 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 47 | Nepal | 0.0036 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 425.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 0.0036 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 49 | Comoros | 0.0035 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 0.0034 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.8% | flat |
| 51 | China | 0.0034 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 52 | Bhutan | 0.0034 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 127.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 0.0031 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0.0031 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.9% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 0.003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 0.003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.8% | rising |
| 57 | Netherlands | 0.003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 222.9% | rising |
| 58 | Switzerland | 0.0029 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 59 | Panama | 0.0028 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 60 | San Marino | 0.0028 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Germany | 0.0027 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 62 | Uganda | 0.0027 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 63 | Estonia | 0.0027 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 210.0% | rising |
| 64 | Cameroon | 0.0026 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Vietnam | 0.0024 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 66 | Turkey | 0.0023 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 175.6% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 0.0023 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 68 | Laos | 0.0023 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.0023 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.0022 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Suriname | 0.0021 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 162.0% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia | 0.0021 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 288.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Vanuatu | 0.002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0019 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 0.0019 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 76 | France | 0.0018 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 77 | Philippines | 0.0018 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 0.0018 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Albania | 0.0017 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Rwanda | 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.0016 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Latvia | 0.0015 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0.0015 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Nigeria | 0.0015 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.9% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0014 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.0% | falling |
| 88 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0012 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 89 | East Timor | 0.0011 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovakia | 0.0011 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Spain | 0.001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 92 | Denmark | 0.001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Czechia | 0.0009 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.3% | rising |
| 94 | Haiti | 0.0009 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Guinea | 0.0009 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 0.0009 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 271.7% | rising |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 98 | Cambodia | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 100 | Paraguay | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 101 | Guyana | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 103 | India | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 281.6% | rising |
| 104 | Lithuania | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.3% | rising |
| 105 | Burundi | 0.0008 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 106 | Mozambique | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 107 | Tanzania | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Brazil | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 109 | Myanmar | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 236.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Malawi | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.9% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Canada | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 117 | New Zealand | 0.0006 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 118 | Romania | 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.2% | falling |
| 119 | Cyprus | 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 338.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Ukraine | 0.0005 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 121 | Argentina | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 122 | Israel | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 124 | Malta | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2013 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Chile | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 126 | Angola | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Fiji | 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Cuba | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 129 | Peru | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Colombia | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Ethiopia | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | flat |
| 135 | Russia | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 136 | Bolivia | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Kenya | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Zambia | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 140 | Australia | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 141 | United Kingdom | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0.0002 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.5% | rising |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Venezuela | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Togo | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Armenia | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,371.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Benin | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 149 | North Korea | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 150 | South Sudan | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Tunisia | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Gambia | 0.0001 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Algeria | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.9% | rising |
| 154 | Moldova | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Ireland | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Palestine | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Morocco | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Pakistan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 522.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Syria | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Senegal | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Egypt | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Lesotho | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2021 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2014 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Namibia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,001.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Libya | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,998.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Chad | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Iran | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Mongolia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2019 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Somalia | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2019 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Botswana | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Iraq | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 0 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Tree cover loss by dominant driver divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Tree cover loss by dominant driver ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Tree cover loss by dominant driver Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.