Deforestation Rates by Country 2025

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% Annual Forest Area Change 1990-2020

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50%

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150%

200%

5 Countries with the Most Annual Deforestation

206.67%

200%

154.51%

100%

69.26%

Country
% Annual Forest Area Change 1990-2020
Forest Area 2020
% Annual Change 2010-2020
Ivory Coast-63.86%2,837-3.29%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon-50%1-1.64%
Nicaragua-46.74%3,408-2.04%
Niger-44.47%1,080-1.08%
Gambia-41.45%243-2.1%
Paraguay-36.97%16,102-1.93%
Malawi-35.98%2,242-1.7%
Chad-35.91%4,313-2.45%
Benin-35.16%3,135-1.47%
Uganda-34.6%2,338-1.61%
Mauritania-34.24%313-1.59%
Northern Mariana Islands-29.41%24-2.16%
Comoros-28.26%33-1.24%
Somalia-27.8%5,980-1.2%
Myanmar-27.22%28,544-0.96%
Cambodia-26.69%8,068-2.68%
Mayotte-26.32%14-0.37%
Guatemala-26.21%3,528-0.54%
Pakistan-25.29%3,726-0.94%
Montserrat-25%3
Namibia-24.29%6,639-1.01%
Indonesia-22.28%92,133-0.78%
Sudan-22.1%18,360-0.89%
Tanzania-20.29%45,745-0.88%
Belize-20.19%1,277-0.85%
Antigua and Barbuda-20%8-0.78%
United States Virgin Islands-20%200.78%
Ghana-19.53%7,9860.05%
Burkina Faso-19.45%6,216-0.77%
Sierra Leone-18.93%2,535-0.75%
Botswana-18.87%15,255-0.74%
Argentina-18.84%28,573-0.56%
El Salvador-18.78%584-0.74%
Nigeria-18.47%21,627-0.73%
DR Congo-16.25%126,155-0.83%
Angola-15.97%66,607-0.8%
Brazil-15.67%496,620-0.3%
Mozambique-15.29%36,744-0.59%
Guinea-14.94%6,189-0.59%
Ecuador-14.58%12,498-0.41%
Senegal-13.28%8,068-0.48%
Rwanda-12.93%2760.41%
North Korea-12.76%6,030-0.35%
Bolivia-12.06%50,834-0.43%
Sao Tome and Principe-11.86%52-1.12%
Ethiopia-11.37%17,069-0.42%
Guinea-Bissau-11.33%1,980-0.42%
Togo-11.23%1,209-0.24%
Venezuela-11.14%46,231-0.27%
Liberia-10.65%7,617-0.39%
Sri Lanka-10.09%2,1130.04%
Cameroon-9.6%20,340-0.27%
Haiti-9.4%347-0.85%
Equatorial Guinea-9.3%2,448-0.34%
Madagascar-9.22%12,430-0.11%
Honduras-9%6,359-0.33%
Colombia-8.95%59,142-0.28%
Panama-8.53%4,214-0.27%
Eritrea-8.26%1,055-0.29%
Brunei-7.99%380
Samoa-7.95%162-0.29%
Philippines-7.58%7,1890.5%
Zimbabwe-7.34%17,445-0.26%
Malaysia-7.3%19,1140.09%
Laos-6.99%16,596-0.21%
Mexico-6.94%65,692-0.19%
Kenya-6.43%3,611-0.01%
South Africa-6.02%17,050-0.21%
Trinidad and Tobago-5.79%228-0.18%
American Samoa-5.56%17-0.17%
Zambia-5.48%44,814-0.41%
Peru-5.39%72,330-0.23%
Mauritius-4.88%390.1%
Timor-Leste-4.36%921-0.15%
South Korea-4.03%6,287-0.16%
Dominica-4%48
Central African Republic-3.88%22,303-0.13%
Portugal-2.56%3,3120.18%
Armenia-2.09%328-0.06%
Bangladesh-1.93%1,883-0.03%
French Guiana-1.5%8,003-0.04%
Papua New Guinea-1.49%35,856-0.09%
Guadeloupe-1.37%720.05%
Mongolia-1.25%14,173-0.01%
Suriname-1.18%15,196-0.07%
Guyana-1.01%18,415-0.06%
Bosnia and Herzegovina-1%2,1880.4%
Gabon-0.97%23,531-0.05%
Solomon Islands-0.86%2,523-0.03%
Canada-0.39%346,928-0.01%
Sweden-0.3%27,980-0.03%
Japan-0.06%24,935-0.01%
Australia0.09%134,0050.34%
Norway0.4%12,1800.06%
Russia0.79%815,312
New Caledonia0.84%838-0.01%
Germany1.05%11,4190.01%
Slovakia1.26%1,9260.04%
Burundi1.45%2803.73%
Belgium1.77%689-0.01%
Czech Republic1.83%2,6770.07%
Lebanon2.14%1430.43%
Egypt2.27%45-3.71%
United States2.43%309,7950.03%
Finland2.44%22,4090.07%
Georgia2.54%2,822
Iraq2.61%825
Thailand2.64%19,873-0.1%
Austria3.26%3,8990.09%
French Polynesia3.47%149
Luxembourg3.49%89
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.57%29
Tajikistan3.92%4240.33%
Slovenia4.21%1,238-0.07%
Costa Rica4.4%3,0350.56%
Ukraine4.49%9,6900.15%
Morocco4.69%5,7420.12%
Croatia4.81%1,9390.1%
Nepal5.11%5,962
New Zealand5.56%9,8930.05%
Israel6.06%140-0.95%
Singapore6.67%16-1.3%
Cook Islands6.67%16
Poland6.77%9,4830.16%
Netherlands7.25%370-0.11%
Cyprus7.45%173-0.02%
Latvia7.5%3,4110.11%
Palau7.89%410.21%
Eswatini8.03%4980.25%
Martinique8.33%520.39%
Bhutan8.7%2,7250.07%
Romania8.76%6,9290.62%
Tunisia9.16%7030.22%
Kazakhstan9.27%3,4551.15%
North Macedonia9.76%1,0010.42%
Switzerland9.97%1,2690.28%
Estonia10.52%2,4380.43%
Palestine11.11%100.19%
Reunion11.36%980.46%
Turkey12.32%22,2200.53%
Belarus12.7%8,7680.16%
India12.86%72,1600.38%
Lithuania13.16%2,2010.14%
Hungary13.18%2,0530.03%
Jamaica14.59%5970.67%
United Kingdom14.83%3,1900.42%
Kyrgyzstan15.76%1,3150.68%
Guam16.67%281.55%
Algeria16.92%1,9490.16%
Bulgaria17.01%3,8930.41%
Serbia17.73%2,7230.04%
Denmark18.27%6280.69%
Greece18.28%3,902
Iran18.47%10,7520.06%
Moldova19.08%3870.32%
Chile19.45%18,2110.85%
France19.51%17,2530.5%
Azerbaijan19.79%1,1320.92%
Fiji21.28%1,1400.61%
Italy26.03%9,5660.58%
United Arab Emirates29.39%317
Montenegro32.11%827
Spain33.56%18,5720.01%
Dominican Republic34.42%2,1440.34%
China39.99%219,9780.93%
Syria40.32%5220.59%
Uzbekistan44.76%3,6900.97%
Puerto Rico55%4960.1%
Vietnam56.18%14,6430.9%
Cuba57.53%3,2421.01%
Ireland69.26%7820.82%
Kuwait100%6
Uruguay154.51%2,0311.61%
Iceland200%511.4%
Cape Verde206.67%460.68%
Afghanistan1,208
Yemen549
Saudi Arabia977
Mali13,296
South Sudan7,157
Jordan98
Turkmenistan4,127
Libya217
Oman3-1.81%
Albania7890.09%
Lesotho35
Bahrain13.02%
Djibouti60.35%
Western Sahara665
Maldives1
Bahamas510
Vanuatu442
Barbados6
Saint Lucia21
Kiribati1
Seychelles34
Grenada18
Micronesia640.05%
Jersey1
Tonga9
Isle of Man3
Andorra16
Cayman Islands13
Bermuda1
Saint Kitts and Nevis11
Turks and Caicos Islands11
Liechtenstein7
British Virgin Islands4-0.06%
Marshall Islands9
San Marino1
Saint Martin1
Anguilla6
Tuvalu1
Niue190.05%