Country | Primary forest extent (2018) | Primary / Total tree cover (2018) | Primary forest loss (2001-2018) | % loss | Total tree cover (2018) | % tree cover (2018) | Tree cover loss (2001-2018) |
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DR Congo | 100,227,214 | 53.0% | 4,352,849 | 4.2% | 189,337,424 | 81.2% | 12,836,705 |
Gabon | 22,443,921 | 92.0% | 225,603 | 1.0% | 24,461,643 | 92.4% | 385,004 |
Republic of Congo | 20,860,126 | 80.0% | 293,053 | 1.4% | 26,139,750 | 76.4% | 680,957 |
Cameroon | 18,521,981 | 62.0% | 553,653 | 2.9% | 29,665,184 | 63.6% | 1,161,442 |
Central African Republic | 7,220,064 | 15.0% | 143,064 | 1.9% | 46,838,774 | 75.5% | 693,507 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2,191,640 | 86.0% | 54,504 | 2.4% | 2,553,882 | 94.5% | 103,452 |
This data is from Global Forest Watch 2019 using a 30 percent tree cover thresh hold as the definition of "forest". All figures are hectares. The data includes tropical forest cover ranging from tropical dry forests to tropical rainforests.
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