Deforestation statistics for Ecuador

Total land area: Ecuador

Total land area	ha
Land area	25,701,150
Tree cover in 2018	18,864,190

Forest and tree cover extent: Ecuador

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Ecuador. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		19,079,243
2001	10,627,031
2010	10,567,329	19,279,664
2018	10,465,904	18,864,190
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	55%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		73.4%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Ecuador

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Ecuador by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		45,092
2002	5,693	29,875
2003	3,379	13,873
2004	5,436	37,321
2005	6,205	37,321
2006	6,438	35,679
2007	6,995	60,671
2008	8,953	51,989
2009	8,112	57,786
2010	8,491	33,821
2011	11,175	43,706
2012	16,354	74,359
2013	11,590	48,450
2014	6,330	30,955
2015	8,472	30,116
2016	13,198	44,099
2017	21,085	71,207
2018	13,220	38,761
Primary loss 2002-2018	161,127
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		739,989
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	21.8%
Percent loss 2001-2018	1.5%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	6,633.60	40,343
Loss/year (2011-2018)	12,678.11	47,707

Biodiversity data: Ecuador

Species count by taxa for Ecuador. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).

Animal / plant group	Species count
Birds	1622
Amphibians	626
Reptiles	478
Fishes	1109
Mammals	372
Vascular plants	19362

Conservation data: Ecuador

Data on threatened species in Ecuador as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	47
Threatened birds (2018)	106
Threatened fishes (2018)	61
Threatened higher plants (2018)	1,859

Protected areas data: Ecuador

Data on threatened species in Ecuador as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

Protected areas (2017)	Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas, % of total land area	21.7
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Ecuador

"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	25701150	19823836	77.10%	20173992	78.50%	19787171	77.00%	795607	4.00%	44200	40879	48353
15	25701150	19590358	76.20%	19934283	77.60%	19548879	76.10%	793755	4.10%	44098	40835	48176
20	25701150	19392983	75.50%	19787772	77.00%	19403738	75.50%	791722	4.10%	43985	40769	48004
25	25701150	19248457	74.90%	19532856	76.00%	19149827	74.50%	790243	4.10%	43902	40721	47879
30	25701150	19079243	74.20%	19279664	75.00%	18898011	73.50%	788224	4.10%	43790	40657	47707
50	25701150	17960548	69.90%	17382107	67.60%	17011097	66.20%	767966	4.30%	42665	39696	46376
75	25701150	15880104	61.80%	15586655	60.60%	15242857	59.30%	708829	4.50%	39379	36503	42975

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Ecuador

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	25701150	19823836	20173992	8650534126	191505923	10639218	351094207	19505234
15	25701150	19590358	19934283	8613826812	191351886	10630660	350811830	19489546
20	25701150	19392983	19787772	8583049749	191178260	10621014	350493495	19471861
25	25701150	19248457	19532856	8560281291	191057807	10614323	350272634	19459591
30	25701150	19079243	19279664	8533280687	190882277	10604571	349950866	19441715
50	25701150	17960548	17382107	8338249070	189083222	10504623	346652566	19258476
75	25701150	15880104	15586655	7845571284	182154090	10119672	333949126	18552729

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Ecuador

"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)
Azuay	820504	385050	437023	433529	53%	10740	3%	597	7246	2%	725	3494	1%	437
Bolivar	391644	230608	237334	235804	60%	4566	2%	254	3036	1%	304	1530	1%	191
Carchi	360393	227993	235973	232031	64%	7892	3%	438	3950	2%	395	3942	2%	493
Cañar	333687	144154	168679	167345	50%	5188	4%	288	3854	3%	385	1334	1%	167
Chimborazo	659562	217781	253434	250871	38%	6344	3%	352	3781	2%	378	2563	1%	320
Cotopaxi	619757	283635	319869	314227	51%	13378	5%	743	7736	3%	774	5642	2%	705
El Oro	589980	360224	363037	357129	61%	11744	3%	652	5836	2%	584	5908	2%	739
Esmeraldas	1585692	1479227	1446106	1396450	88%	114540	8%	6,363	64884	4%	6,488	49656	3%	6,207
Galápagos	801817	128094	198828	198440	25%	3345	3%	186	2957	2%	296	388	0%	49
Guayas	1590847	663830	717255	703884	44%	37879	6%	2,104	24508	4%	2,451	13371	2%	1,671
Imbabura	480350	295895	305397	300044	62%	10989	4%	611	5636	2%	564	5353	2%	669
Loja	1110212	595165	582051	572329	52%	20914	4%	1,162	11192	2%	1,119	9722	2%	1,215
Los Rios	731000	371094	363887	350049	48%	39825	11%	2,213	25987	7%	2,599	13838	4%	1,730
Manabi	1959508	1288460	1172851	1151134	59%	87012	7%	4,834	65295	5%	6,530	21717	2%	2,715
Morona Santiago	2399787	2308402	2304177	2263326	94%	63885	3%	3,549	23034	1%	2,303	40851	2%	5,106
Napo	1254791	1061571	1127910	1109961	88%	28546	3%	1,586	10597	1%	1,060	17949	2%	2,244
Orellana	2163022	2123257	2118636	2051422	95%	102397	5%	5,689	35183	2%	3,518	67214	3%	8,402
Pastaza	2957271	2932009	2928776	2910126	98%	26734	1%	1,485	8084	0%	808	18650	1%	2,331
Pichincha	948022	569905	617443	607767	64%	22160	4%	1,231	12484	2%	1,248	9676	2%	1,210
Santa Elena	370106	159043	138033	135743	37%	5323	3%	296	3033	2%	303	2290	2%	286
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas	378917	332401	309144	303348	80%	20365	6%	1,131	14569	4%	1,457	5796	2%	725
Sucumbios	1798200	1741339	1735131	1665724	93%	118407	7%	6,578	49000	3%	4,900	69407	4%	8,676
Tungurahua	339697	168494	188752	188188	55%	1593	1%	89	1029	1%	103	564	0%	71
Zamora Chinchipe	1056384	1011612	1009938	999140	95%	24458	2%	1,359	13660	1%	1,366	10798	1%	1,350

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Ecuador

"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)
Azuay	820504	385050	437023	107672777	3230212	179456	221777	126556
Bolivar	391644	230608	237334	64117952	1399469	77748	94662	56606
Carchi	360393	227993	235973	89024408	2771156	153953	139036	172599
Cañar	333687	144154	168679	40143291	1605747	89208	121596	48723
Chimborazo	659562	217781	253434	61991793	2019856	112214	124507	96849
Cotopaxi	619757	283635	319869	91372455	4507173	250399	267661	228820
El Oro	589980	360224	363037	91759591	3193640	177424	166905	190574
Esmeraldas	1585692	1479227	1446106	652740742	51308484	2850471	2947202	2729558
Galápagos	801817	128094	198828	22890494	764917	42495	68343	10186
Guayas	1590847	663830	717255	147378913	10450682	580593	712261	416009
Imbabura	480350	295895	305397	105284618	4166448	231469	217322	249154
Loja	1110212	595165	582051	151512043	5630602	312811	313716	311680
Los Rios	731000	371094	363887	97325966	12824669	712482	861843	525779
Manabi	1959508	1288460	1172851	385896157	30987035	1721502	2397004	877125
Morona Santiago	2399787	2308402	2304177	1098341649	31804245	1766903	1153862	2533203
Napo	1254791	1061571	1127910	445967165	14718025	817668	555774	1145036
Orellana	2163022	2123257	2118636	1308978299	58423657	3245759	2090706	4689575
Pastaza	2957271	2932009	2928776	1850535684	14765767	820320	455960	1275772
Pichincha	948022	569905	617443	196135177	8430518	468362	490908	440180
Santa Elena	370106	159043	138033	39178074	1336502	74250	80230	66776
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas	378917	332401	309144	110641709	8062312	447906	592169	267577
Sucumbios	1798200	1741339	1735131	951382660	67221820	3734546	2869094	4816360
Tungurahua	339697	168494	188752	49558990	497888	27660	33162	20784
Zamora Chinchipe	1056384	1011612	1009938	373450080	9830042	546113	553243	537202

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Ecuador

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)
Azuay	820504	385050	437023	58730604	153	1761930	97885	120969	69030
Bolivar	391644	230608	237334	34973428	152	763346	42408	51634	30876
Carchi	360393	227993	235973	48558768	213	1511539	83974	75838	94145
Cañar	333687	144154	168679	21896340	152	875863	48659	66325	26577
Chimborazo	659562	217781	253434	33813704	155	1101742	61208	67913	52826
Cotopaxi	619757	283635	319869	49839521	176	2458458	136581	145997	124811
El Oro	589980	360224	363037	50050687	139	1741981	96777	91039	103949
Esmeraldas	1585692	1479227	1446106	356040404	241	27986440	1554802	1607565	1488849
Galápagos	801817	128094	198828	12485724	97	417230	23179	37278	5556
Guayas	1590847	663830	717255	80388497	121	5700364	316687	388506	226914
Imbabura	480350	295895	305397	57427972	194	2272608	126256	118539	135902
Loja	1110212	595165	582051	82642933	139	3071232	170624	171118	170007
Los Rios	731000	371094	363887	53086890	143	6995280	388627	470097	286789
Manabi	1959508	1288460	1172851	210488812	163	16902020	939001	1307457	478432
Morona Santiago	2399787	2308402	2304177	599095444	260	17347769	963765	629379	1381747
Napo	1254791	1061571	1127910	243254816	229	8028015	446001	303150	624565
Orellana	2163022	2123257	2118636	713988165	336	31867453	1770414	1140386	2557950
Pastaza	2957271	2932009	2928776	1009383099	344	8054060	447448	248706	695876
Pichincha	948022	569905	617443	106982823	188	4598462	255470	267767	240099
Santa Elena	370106	159043	138033	21369859	134	728999	40500	43762	36423
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas	378917	332401	309144	60350023	181	4397622	244312	323001	145951
Sucumbios	1798200	1741339	1735131	518935997	298	36666446	2037025	1564960	2627105
Tungurahua	339697	168494	188752	27032177	160	271579	15088	18089	11337
Zamora Chinchipe	1056384	1011612	1009938	203700044	201	5361839	297880	301769	293019

Archived forest data for Ecuador | Forest data for Ecuador

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

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