Tree cover loss by country

Tree cover loss driven by all causes.

Countries reporting
190
Highest
5.18 million hectares
Russia
Lowest
0 hectares
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Median
4,866 hectares
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
4,728

What the numbers show

Tree cover loss is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 5.18 million hectares in Russia; the lowest is 0 hectares in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,866 hectares, and the mean is 155,525 hectares.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 2,130.8%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 100.0%).

Tree cover loss: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 5.18 million hectares 2024 up 15.7% rising
2 Canada 5.16 million hectares 2024 up 96.0% volatile
3 Brazil 4.39 million hectares 2024 up 63.6% rising
4 Bolivia 1.81 million hectares 2024 up 612.3% volatile
5 United States 1.59 million hectares 2024 down 7.7% falling
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.38 million hectares 2024 up 3.4% rising
7 Indonesia 1.12 million hectares 2024 down 40.8% rising
8 China 673,569 hectares 2024 up 27.5% rising
9 Laos 351,069 hectares 2024 up 44.1% volatile
10 Mexico 330,263 hectares 2024 up 95.3% rising
11 Sweden 315,303 hectares 2024 up 30.2% rising
12 Mozambique 298,308 hectares 2024 up 49.3% rising
13 Angola 282,734 hectares 2024 up 34.6% rising
14 Malaysia 282,432 hectares 2024 down 56.3% flat
15 Myanmar 276,568 hectares 2024 down 16.3% rising
16 Peru 268,020 hectares 2024 up 31.6% rising
17 Paraguay 265,671 hectares 2024 down 23.0% flat
18 Finland 233,586 hectares 2024 up 25.3% rising
19 Madagascar 230,974 hectares 2024 down 44.5% volatile
20 Zambia 229,226 hectares 2024 up 101.1% volatile
21 Tanzania 225,553 hectares 2024 up 14.2% rising
22 Colombia 212,750 hectares 2024 up 6.0% rising
23 Argentina 202,720 hectares 2024 down 15.4% falling
24 Australia 180,504 hectares 2024 down 35.5% volatile
25 Cameroon 178,796 hectares 2024 down 0.4% volatile
26 Liberia 166,485 hectares 2024 up 1.6% volatile
27 Cote d'Ivoire 165,110 hectares 2024 down 52.4% volatile
28 Nicaragua 157,942 hectares 2024 up 109.3% volatile
29 Guinea 146,770 hectares 2024 up 10.6% volatile
30 Venezuela 144,477 hectares 2024 up 45.2% rising
31 Guatemala 141,961 hectares 2024 up 129.7% rising
32 Thailand 141,565 hectares 2024 up 3.2% rising
33 Sierra Leone 130,659 hectares 2024 down 19.1% volatile
34 Vietnam 128,409 hectares 2024 down 40.8% rising
35 India 125,678 hectares 2024 down 4.4% rising
36 Congo 114,287 hectares 2024 up 61.5% volatile
37 Ghana 107,910 hectares 2024 down 10.2% volatile
38 Guyana 107,173 hectares 2024 up 827.5% volatile
39 Nigeria 105,592 hectares 2024 up 54.7% volatile
40 Cambodia 93,417 hectares 2024 down 42.2% rising
41 Germany 89,432 hectares 2024 up 331.7% volatile
42 Papua New Guinea 81,946 hectares 2024 down 21.2% rising
43 Ukraine 80,150 hectares 2024 up 70.7% rising
44 France 78,513 hectares 2024 up 79.1% rising
45 Spain 77,940 hectares 2024 up 5.5% rising
46 Honduras 74,932 hectares 2024 up 30.5% volatile
47 Poland 71,484 hectares 2024 up 27.7% rising
48 Belarus 71,081 hectares 2024 up 112.3% rising
49 Norway 66,267 hectares 2024 up 70.7% rising
50 Uganda 64,803 hectares 2024 up 18.3% volatile
51 Ecuador 61,943 hectares 2024 up 103.1% rising
52 Central African Republic 60,455 hectares 2024 up 7.5% rising
53 Philippines 59,070 hectares 2024 down 42.0% rising
54 Latvia 56,604 hectares 2024 up 75.9% rising
55 Japan 53,588 hectares 2024 up 94.4% rising
56 Chile 47,606 hectares 2024 down 59.9% falling
57 Portugal 43,375 hectares 2024 down 28.0% volatile
58 Turkey 39,866 hectares 2024 up 83.1% rising
59 South Africa 39,484 hectares 2024 down 43.0% falling
60 New Zealand 39,449 hectares 2024 down 49.9% rising
61 Estonia 34,885 hectares 2024 up 48.1% rising
62 Belize 33,988 hectares 2024 up 106.1% volatile
63 Suriname 33,967 hectares 2024 up 133.8% volatile
64 Italy 32,825 hectares 2024 up 69.4% volatile
65 Gabon 28,942 hectares 2024 down 35.2% rising
66 Ethiopia 27,783 hectares 2024 down 11.7% rising
67 Austria 27,430 hectares 2024 up 181.2% rising
68 United Kingdom 22,786 hectares 2024 down 24.1% rising
69 Lithuania 22,286 hectares 2024 up 40.0% rising
70 Panama 21,537 hectares 2024 up 54.4% rising
71 Romania 19,984 hectares 2024 up 4.7% rising
72 Czechia 19,556 hectares 2024 up 40.9% volatile
73 Malawi 17,078 hectares 2024 down 7.8% rising
74 Bangladesh 15,911 hectares 2024 up 32.0% volatile
75 South Korea 15,595 hectares 2024 up 17.2% rising
76 Kenya 14,057 hectares 2024 down 7.6% falling
77 Chad 13,084 hectares 2024 up 336.6% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 12,992 hectares 2024 down 4.8% rising
79 Hungary 12,697 hectares 2024 down 15.3% rising
80 Greece 12,444 hectares 2024 up 236.5% volatile
81 North Korea 11,981 hectares 2024 up 11.3% rising
82 Sri Lanka 11,720 hectares 2024 down 4.4% rising
83 Uruguay 11,449 hectares 2024 down 54.7% rising
84 Solomon Islands 11,050 hectares 2024 down 34.1% volatile
85 Cuba 10,057 hectares 2024 up 74.1% volatile
86 Guinea-Bissau 9,293 hectares 2024 down 27.6% volatile
87 Costa Rica 8,285 hectares 2024 down 23.6% falling
88 Equatorial Guinea 7,735 hectares 2024 down 59.1% volatile
89 Slovakia 7,624 hectares 2024 down 55.8% volatile
90 Croatia 7,415 hectares 2024 up 67.5% rising
92 Belgium 6,066 hectares 2024 up 44.0% rising
93 Zimbabwe 5,821 hectares 2024 down 39.1% falling
94 Togo 5,729 hectares 2024 up 128.4% volatile
95 South Sudan 5,507 hectares 2024 down 9.2% falling
96 Bulgaria 5,257 hectares 2024 down 19.0% falling
97 French Guiana 4,475 hectares 2024 up 9.8% rising
98 Algeria 4,398 hectares 2024 down 53.7% volatile
99 Switzerland 4,131 hectares 2024 up 191.8% rising
100 Serbia 4,110 hectares 2024 up 0.5% rising
101 Slovenia 3,699 hectares 2024 down 30.4% volatile
102 Taiwan 3,681 hectares 2024 up 275.0% volatile
103 Denmark 3,628 hectares 2024 down 31.1% rising
104 Rwanda 3,596 hectares 2024 up 25.8% rising
105 Kazakhstan 2,851 hectares 2024 up 446.1% volatile
106 Mongolia 2,705 hectares 2024 up 463.7% volatile
107 Nepal 2,579 hectares 2024 up 189.5% falling
108 Eswatini 2,422 hectares 2024 down 50.8% falling
109 Haiti 2,409 hectares 2024 down 37.0% volatile
110 Burundi 2,132 hectares 2024 up 6.0% rising
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,122 hectares 2024 up 29.4% volatile
112 North Macedonia 2,036 hectares 2024 up 14.2% flat
113 Bahamas 1,958 hectares 2024 up 119.6% volatile
114 Jamaica 1,815 hectares 2024 down 35.7% volatile
115 Moldova 1,797 hectares 2024 up 421.2% volatile
116 New Caledonia 1,762 hectares 2024 down 9.7% volatile
117 El Salvador 1,674 hectares 2024 down 27.4% volatile
118 Tunisia 1,663 hectares 2024 down 29.9% volatile
119 Netherlands 1,480 hectares 2024 up 73.9% rising
120 Morocco 1,399 hectares 2024 down 15.9% volatile
121 Benin 1,389 hectares 2024 up 2.9% volatile
122 Bhutan 1,162 hectares 2024 up 1.1% volatile
124 Trinidad and Tobago 1,104 hectares 2024 down 29.2% volatile
125 Fiji 1,074 hectares 2024 down 69.3% volatile
126 Brunei 1,039 hectares 2024 down 53.0% falling
127 Syria 985.05 hectares 2024 up 3.4% volatile
128 Aland Islands 951.09 hectares 2024 up 73.2% volatile
129 East Timor 940.84 hectares 2024 down 48.9% falling
130 Albania 877.22 hectares 2024 down 13.8% volatile
131 Montenegro 632.4 hectares 2024 down 54.4% volatile
133 Lebanon 504.68 hectares 2024 up 221.2% volatile
134 Comoros 494.45 hectares 2024 down 66.1% volatile
135 Georgia 485.63 hectares 2024 up 487.4% volatile
136 Puerto Rico 363.77 hectares 2024 down 57.9% volatile
137 Vanuatu 303.88 hectares 2024 down 40.6% volatile
138 Mali 236.5 hectares 2024 down 12.4% volatile
139 Grenada 228.84 hectares 2024 up 174.2% volatile
140 Azerbaijan 162.7 hectares 2024 down 43.2% volatile
141 Cyprus 158.12 hectares 2024 up 392.6% volatile
142 Senegal 154.16 hectares 2024 down 52.8% volatile
143 Somalia 139.85 hectares 2024 up 22.0% falling
144 Pakistan 103.4 hectares 2024 up 253.8% volatile
145 Singapore 64.07 hectares 2024 down 66.2% volatile
146 Iran 61.09 hectares 2024 up 9.7% volatile
147 Israel 61.03 hectares 2024 down 49.2% volatile
149 Kyrgyzstan 52.37 hectares 2024 up 424.1% volatile
150 Dominica 45.78 hectares 2024 up 283.1% volatile
151 Antigua and Barbuda 42.03 hectares 2024 up 77.9% volatile
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40.87 hectares 2024 up 358.1% volatile
153 Libya 40.01 hectares 2024 up 820.1% volatile
154 Cayman Islands 35.55 hectares 2024 up 365.7% volatile
155 Egypt 29.85 hectares 2024 down 68.2% volatile
156 Armenia 28.75 hectares 2024 down 11.1% volatile
158 Sudan 27.06 hectares 2024 up 585.4% volatile
159 Turks and Caicos Islands 21.32 hectares 2024 down 29.9% volatile
160 United States Virgin Islands 20.61 hectares 2024 down 0.6% volatile
161 Saint Lucia 18.91 hectares 2024 down 52.7% volatile
162 Maldives 18.8 hectares 2024 up 602.7% volatile
163 Andorra 16.54 hectares 2024 up 2,130.8% volatile
164 Gambia 15.36 hectares 2024 down 12.0% volatile
165 Barbados 8.47 hectares 2024 up 370.8% volatile
166 Afghanistan 7.87 hectares 2024 up 266.3% volatile
167 Palau 6.94 hectares 2024 down 92.4% volatile
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.22 hectares 2024 up 39.2% volatile
170 Saint Martin (French part) 4.03 hectares 2024 up 223.5% volatile
171 Uzbekistan 3.25 hectares 2024 down 96.1% volatile
172 Curacao 2.33 hectares 2024 down 0.0% volatile
173 Iraq 1.86 hectares 2024 up 101.0% volatile
174 Lesotho 1.28 hectares 2024 down 86.4% volatile
175 Botswana 1.23 hectares 2024 down 87.7% volatile
176 Jordan 1.11 hectares 2024 up 1,600.2% volatile
177 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.03 hectares 2024 up 366.7% volatile
178 Namibia 0.9533 hectares 2024 down 67.5% volatile
179 Montserrat 0.8852 hectares 2024 up 200.0% volatile
180 Palestine 0.7238 hectares 2024 down 35.0% volatile
181 Tajikistan 0.4881 hectares 2024 up 0.8% volatile
182 San Marino 0.1673 hectares 2024 volatile
183 British Virgin Islands 0.0731 hectares 2024 down 85.7% volatile
184 Aruba 0 hectares 2024 volatile
184 Burkina Faso 0 hectares 2024 volatile
184 Eritrea 0 hectares 2024 volatile
184 Micronesia (country) 0 hectares 2024 volatile
184 Mauritania 0 hectares 2024 volatile
184 Mauritius 0 hectares 2024 down 100.0% volatile
184 Niger 0 hectares 2024 flat
184 Sao Tome and Principe 0 hectares 2024 volatile
184 Seychelles 0 hectares 2024 down 100.0% volatile
184 Turkmenistan 0 hectares 2024 down 100.0% volatile
184 Reunion 0 hectares 2024 down 100.0% volatile
184 Anguilla 0 hectares 2024 down 100.0% volatile
184 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 hectares 2024 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Tree cover loss
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 4,728 data points, 2001–2024
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Tree cover loss driven by all causes.