Deforestation statistics for Chile

Tree cover loss data for Chile

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	75900125	20655522	27.20%	21803618	28.70%	20759249	27.40%	1990242	9.60%	110569	94587	130546
15	75900125	20354879	26.80%	21611434	28.50%	20577590	27.10%	1979170	9.70%	109954	94533	129231
20	75900125	19964834	26.30%	21328725	28.10%	20304941	26.80%	1968440	9.90%	109358	94466	127973
25	75900125	19603580	25.80%	21121130	27.80%	20104840	26.50%	1960602	10.00%	108922	94431	127036
30	75900125	19301634	25.40%	20812767	27.40%	19804208	26.10%	1952366	10.10%	108465	94381	126070
50	75900125	17829224	23.50%	18923234	24.90%	17989962	23.70%	1868525	10.50%	103807	93525	116659
75	75900125	14215062	18.70%	16674494	22.00%	15855388	20.90%	1727184	12.20%	95955	90808	102388

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Chile

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	75900125	20655522	21803618	4632024301	254898262	14161015	467313485	25961860
15	75900125	20354879	21611434	4592068986	254228007	14123778	466084666	25893593
20	75900125	19964834	21328725	4533843093	253452901	14080717	464663677	25814649
25	75900125	19603580	21121130	4477649596	252894309	14049684	463639545	25757753
30	75900125	19301634	20812767	4428672778	252283661	14015759	462520043	25695558
50	75900125	17829224	18923234	4186377839	245796966	13655387	450627767	25034876
75	75900125	14215062	16674494	3424351882	230681421	12815635	422915931	23495330

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Chile

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	10863375	5611041	5835952	5820272	54%	31155	1%	1,731	15475	0%	1,548	15680	0%	1,960
Antofagasta	12384158	15	0	0	0%	0	0%	-	0	0%	-	0		-
Araucanía	3444061	1958282	1994236	1791537	52%	396261	20%	22,015	193562	10%	19,356	202699	10%	25,337
Arica y Parinacota	1496623	73	2	2	0%	1	1%	-	1	1%	-	0	0%	-
Atacama	7986613	113	302	301	0%	1	1%	-	0	0%	-	1	0%	-
Bío-Bío	2334783	1436527	1434875	1164757	50%	563938	39%	31,330	293820	20%	29,382	270118	19%	33,765
Coquimbo	3900079	15216	36220	35858	1%	614	4%	34	252	2%	25	362	1%	45
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	1574123	348144	355521	307835	20%	87975	25%	4,888	40289	12%	4,029	47686	13%	5,961
Los Lagos	4906607	3416939	3612165	3541844	72%	131654	4%	7,314	61333	2%	6,133	70321	2%	8,790
Los Ríos	1585662	1133656	1206744	1136476	72%	129967	11%	7,220	59699	5%	5,970	70268	6%	8,784
Magallanes y Antártica Chilena	13394098	3387648	4260257	4255834	32%	13836	0%	769	9413	0%	941	4423	0%	553
Maule	2909911	942584	976142	779341	27%	344907	37%	19,162	148106	16%	14,811	196801	20%	24,600
Región Metropolitana de Santiago	1692369	212981	233410	219957	13%	19745	9%	1,097	6292	3%	629	13453	6%	1,682
Tarapacá	4361207	2	1	1	0%	0	0%	-	0	0%	-	0	0%	-
Valparaíso	1585696	215337	251396	240154	15%	24038	11%	1,335	12796	6%	1,280	11242	4%	1,405
Ñuble	1480760	623076	615544	510039	34%	208274	33%	11,571	102769	16%	10,277	105505	17%	13,188

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Chile

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	10863375	5611041	5835952	1343353116	7026973	390387	361388	426636
Antofagasta	12384158	15	0	3073	13	1	1	0
Araucanía	3444061	1958282	1994236	459654616	91505507	5083639	4515607	5793679
Arica y Parinacota	1496623	73	2	14720	747	42	72	3
Atacama	7986613	113	302	21859	301	17	17	16
Bío-Bío	2334783	1436527	1434875	337204819	131712098	7317339	6898455	7840943
Coquimbo	3900079	15216	36220	2741352	119422	6635	4941	8751
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	1574123	348144	355521	74312616	20310147	1128342	982202	1311016
Los Lagos	4906607	3416939	3612165	778159911	29698832	1649935	1389018	1976081
Los Ríos	1585662	1133656	1206744	255653531	28982438	1610135	1319479	1973456
Magallanes y Antártica Chilena	13394098	3387648	4260257	714434412	2912497	161805	198937	115391
Maule	2909911	942584	976142	228888399	89221259	4956737	4018308	6129772
Región Metropolitana de Santiago	1692369	212981	233410	42216869	3993387	221855	122372	346209
Tarapacá	4361207	2	1	319	0	0	0	0
Valparaíso	1585696	215337	251396	42608238	5324907	295828	295868	295779
Ñuble	1480760	623076	615544	149404928	51711515	2872862	2633261	3172363

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Chile

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	10863375	5611041	5835952	732738064	130	3832897	212939	197121	232711
Antofagasta	12384158	15	0	1676	109	7	0	1	0
Araucanía	3444061	1958282	1994236	250720699	128	49912094	2772894	2463059	3160189
Arica y Parinacota	1496623	73	2	8029	109	407	23	39	2
Atacama	7986613	113	302	11923	107	165	9	10	9
Bío-Bío	2334783	1436527	1434875	183929901	128	71842962	3991276	3762794	4276878
Coquimbo	3900079	15216	36220	1495283	99	65144	3619	2696	4774
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	1574123	348144	355521	40534153	116	11078256	615459	535746	715099
Los Lagos	4906607	3416939	3612165	424450861	124	16199359	899964	757646	1077862
Los Ríos	1585662	1133656	1206744	139447380	123	15808607	878256	719716	1076431
Magallanes y Antártica Chilena	13394098	3387648	4260257	389691498	115	1588637	88258	108511	62941
Maule	2909911	942584	976142	124848219	133	48666144	2703675	2191805	3343512
Región Metropolitana de Santiago	1692369	212981	233410	23027383	108	2178211	121012	66748	188841
Tarapacá	4361207	2	1	174	114	0	0	0	0
Valparaíso	1585696	215337	251396	23240856	108	2904490	161361	161382	161333
Ñuble	1480760	623076	615544	81493597	131	28206281	1567016	1436324	1730380

Archived forest data for Chile | Forest data for Chile

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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