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Annual deforestation as share of forest area

% · higher is better · 129 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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  1. 1Burkina Faso3.3%
  2. 2Chad3%
  3. 3Gambia, The2.9%
  4. 4Cote d'Ivoire2.2%
  5. 5Malawi1.9%
  6. 6Niger1.8%
  7. 7Guatemala1.7%
  8. 8Benin1.7%
  9. 9Uganda1.5%
  10. 10Netherlands1.5%
  11. 11Somalia, Fed. Rep.1.5%
  12. 12Paraguay1.4%
  13. 13Guinea1.3%
  14. 14Madagascar1.3%
  15. 15Honduras1.2%
  16. 16Sudan1.2%
  17. 17Dominican Republic1.1%
  18. 18Portugal1.1%
  19. 19Mali1%
  20. 20Tanzania1%
  21. 21Iraq0.91%
  22. 22India0.81%
  23. 23Mozambique0.8%
  24. 24Angola0.78%
  25. 25El Salvador0.73%
  26. 26Brazil0.65%
  27. 27Kazakhstan0.63%
  28. 28Cameroon0.6%
  29. 29Nicaragua0.59%
  30. 30Tunisia0.56%
  31. 31Algeria0.51%
  32. 32Argentina0.41%
  33. 33Zimbabwe0.38%
  34. 34Equatorial Guinea0.34%
  35. 35Eswatini0.34%
  36. 36Togo0.33%
  37. 37Bhutan0.31%
  38. 38Mexico0.25%
  39. 39Senegal0.25%
  40. 40Colombia0.22%
  41. 41Congo, Dem. Rep.0.2%
  42. 42Slovenia0.19%
  43. 43Denmark0.19%
  44. 44Libya0.16%
  45. 45Suriname0.15%
  46. 46Costa Rica0.15%
  47. 47Ethiopia0.14%
  48. 48Italy0.14%
  49. 49Austria0.13%
  50. 50Venezuela, RB0.13%
  51. 51China0.13%
  52. 52Panama0.12%
  53. 53Indonesia0.11%
  54. 54Central African Republic0.1%
  55. 55New Zealand0.1%
  56. 56Papua New Guinea0.1%
  57. 57Czechia0.09%
  58. 58Switzerland0.08%
  59. 59Uzbekistan0.08%
  60. 60Mauritius0.08%
  61. 61Jamaica0.08%
  62. 62Lebanon0.07%
  63. 63Hungary0.07%
  64. 64Dominica0.07%
  65. 65Ireland0.06%
  66. 66Chile0.06%
  67. 67Korea, Rep.0.06%
  68. 68Norway0.06%
  69. 69Gabon0.05%
  70. 70Guyana0.04%
  71. 71Namibia0.04%
  72. 72Morocco0.04%
  73. 73St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.04%
  74. 74Estonia0.03%
  75. 75Germany0.03%
  76. 76Spain0.02%
  77. 77Lithuania0.02%
  78. 78Poland0.02%
  79. 79Latvia0.02%
  80. 80Canada0.01%
  81. 81Viet Nam0.01%
  82. 82United Kingdom0.01%
  83. 83Croatia0%
  84. 84Turkiye0%
  85. 85Serbia0%
  86. 86Romania0%
  87. 87Bulgaria0%
  88. 87Saudi Arabia0%
  89. 87Georgia0%
  90. 87Djibouti0%
  91. 87Singapore0%
  92. 87Greenland0%
  93. 87Cayman Islands0%
  94. 87San Marino0%
  95. 87Cuba0%
  96. 87Isle of Man0%
  97. 87Oman0%
  98. 87Uruguay0%
  99. 87Bahrain0%
  100. 87Qatar0%
  101. 87Faroe Islands0%
  102. 87Russian Federation0%
  103. 87Malta0%
  104. 87Iran, Islamic Rep.0%
  105. 87Iceland0%
  106. 87Comoros0%
  107. 87Congo, Rep.0%
  108. 87Yemen, Rep.0%
  109. 87Jordan0%
  110. 87Sweden0%
  111. 87Liechtenstein0%
  112. 87Syrian Arab Republic0%
  113. 87Kuwait0%
  114. 87Finland0%

Annual deforestation as share of forest area