Deforestation statistics for Guatemala

Total land area: Guatemala

Total land area	ha
Land area	10,961,561
Tree cover in 2018	6,375,207

Forest and tree cover extent: Guatemala

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

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		7,722,448
2001	2,583,222
2010	2,337,006	7,061,727
2018	2,133,584	6,375,207
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	33%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		58.2%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Guatemala

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

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		53,456
2002	16,082	55,744
2003	24,305	98,348
2004	17,270	56,600
2005	33,388	56,600
2006	18,337	52,699
2007	46,827	126,814
2008	29,728	77,370
2009	37,529	87,146
2010	22,750	59,816
2011	17,213	40,689
2012	27,789	84,270
2013	19,870	55,294
2014	18,237	61,991
2015	16,722	54,299
2016	63,225	178,851
2017	22,036	79,940
2018	18,330	71,370
Primary loss 2002-2018	449,638
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		1,297,841
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	34.6%
Percent loss 2001-2018	17.4%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	27,357.34	72,459
Loss/year (2011-2018)	25,427.75	78,338

Biodiversity data: Guatemala

Species count by taxa for Guatemala. 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	709
Amphibians	163
Reptiles	275
Fishes	902
Mammals	220
Vascular plants	8681

Conservation data: Guatemala

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

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	15
Threatened birds (2018)	17
Threatened fishes (2018)	41
Threatened higher plants (2018)	120

Protected areas data: Guatemala

Data on threatened species in Guatemala 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	20
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Guatemala

"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	10961561	8305289	75.80%	7481922	68.30%	6846969	62.50%	1408769	17.00%	78265	77382	79369
15	10961561	8139034	74.30%	7389591	67.40%	6756781	61.60%	1405611	17.30%	78090	77280	79101
20	10961561	7979669	72.80%	7341664	67.00%	6710990	61.20%	1402256	17.60%	77903	77158	78834
25	10961561	7852480	71.60%	7195563	65.60%	6566481	59.90%	1399624	17.80%	77757	77054	78635
30	10961561	7722448	70.50%	7061727	64.40%	6435023	58.70%	1395697	18.10%	77539	76899	78338
50	10961561	6977363	63.70%	6243614	57.00%	5635349	51.40%	1349317	19.30%	74962	74105	76033
75	10961561	5776823	52.70%	5351327	48.80%	4813447	43.90%	1177258	20.40%	65403	63938	67235

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Guatemala

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	10961561	8305289	7481922	2429127107	239365793	13298100	438837421	24379857
15	10961561	8139034	7389591	2405183197	239126806	13284823	438399209	24355512
20	10961561	7979669	7341664	2381097947	238858538	13269919	437907349	24328186
25	10961561	7852480	7195563	2361768839	238653868	13258548	437532216	24307345
30	10961561	7722448	7061727	2342214258	238346002	13241445	436967758	24275987
50	10961561	6977363	6243614	2220734313	234587436	13032635	430077003	23893167
75	10961561	5776823	5351327	1963308158	216635339	12035297	397164748	22064708

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Guatemala

"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)
Alta Verapaz	1008190	924828	889237	757828	75%	190039	21%	10,558	58630	6%	5,863	131409	15%	16,426
Baja Verapaz	283334	192090	181286	174082	61%	17601	9%	978	10397	5%	1,040	7204	4%	901
Chimaltenango	189760	132215	129551	123905	65%	12001	9%	667	6355	5%	636	5646	4%	706
Chiquimula	239858	115902	110079	107298	45%	7118	6%	395	4337	4%	434	2781	3%	348
El Progreso	169525	84136	88992	87030	51%	4873	6%	271	2911	3%	291	1962	2%	245
Escuintla	479943	160484	140652	134614	28%	11075	7%	615	5037	3%	504	6038	4%	755
Guatemala	223556	120875	119924	114630	51%	12343	10%	686	7049	6%	705	5294	4%	662
Huehuetenango	769407	522530	515652	496336	65%	39170	7%	2,176	19854	4%	1,985	19316	4%	2,415
Izabal	880446	657366	640062	559773	64%	136958	21%	7,609	56669	9%	5,667	80289	13%	10,036
Jalapa	197887	89401	93960	91800	46%	5918	7%	329	3758	4%	376	2160	2%	270
Jutiapa	336688	104235	108219	106426	32%	6505	6%	361	4712	5%	471	1793	2%	224
Petén	3620810	3055764	2528690	2238083	62%	813527	27%	45,196	522920	17%	52,292	290607	11%	36,326
Quezaltenango	214899	124641	122058	116520	54%	9686	8%	538	4148	3%	415	5538	5%	692
Quiché	724578	544610	521977	482765	67%	71767	13%	3,987	32555	6%	3,256	39212	8%	4,902
Retalhuleu	193368	46742	45743	43635	23%	4432	9%	246	2324	5%	232	2108	5%	264
Sacatepéquez	56401	39904	39815	38155	68%	2912	7%	162	1252	3%	125	1660	4%	208
San Marcos	357931	232375	230887	226236	63%	8784	4%	488	4133	2%	413	4651	2%	581
Santa Rosa	303973	161877	159683	155911	51%	10656	7%	592	6884	4%	688	3772	2%	472
Sololá	119185	80738	81494	80413	67%	2514	3%	140	1433	2%	143	1081	1%	135
Suchitepéquez	209998	111279	104863	97612	46%	14169	13%	787	6918	6%	692	7251	7%	906
Totonicapán	108471	61884	58928	57997	53%	2801	5%	156	1870	3%	187	931	2%	116
Zacapa	273353	158572	149975	143974	53%	10848	7%	603	4847	3%	485	6001	4%	750

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Guatemala

"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)
Alta Verapaz	1008190	924828	889237	311953838	66454190	3691899	2145193	5625283
Baja Verapaz	283334	192090	181286	53902390	5132128	285118	291537	277095
Chimaltenango	189760	132215	129551	43430851	4079485	226638	213841	242634
Chiquimula	239858	115902	110079	27714716	1823347	101297	110220	90144
El Progreso	169525	84136	88992	20066167	1255935	69774	72582	66265
Escuintla	479943	160484	140652	38158224	3330499	185028	151856	226493
Guatemala	223556	120875	119924	34339946	3773403	209634	214154	203983
Huehuetenango	769407	522530	515652	170882082	14084249	782458	721287	858923
Izabal	880446	657366	640062	211078386	47597496	2644305	2032075	3409594
Jalapa	197887	89401	93960	23816954	1725351	95853	108477	80073
Jutiapa	336688	104235	108219	25326600	1653863	91881	119091	57870
Petén	3620810	3055764	2528690	877542903	238137360	13229853	15340057	10592099
Quezaltenango	214899	124641	122058	42784551	3583361	199076	151230	258883
Quiché	724578	544610	521977	181904762	25813800	1434100	1175207	1757716
Retalhuleu	193368	46742	45743	12508480	1404049	78003	72986	84273
Sacatepéquez	56401	39904	39815	12646737	955619	53090	41746	67270
San Marcos	357931	232375	230887	79287512	3036684	168705	140125	204430
Santa Rosa	303973	161877	159683	49207488	3169574	176087	204666	140365
Sololá	119185	80738	81494	28242651	922589	51255	52920	49173
Suchitepéquez	209998	111279	104863	33992142	5180189	287788	261946	320091
Totonicapán	108471	61884	58928	19749589	907730	50429	60180	38241
Zacapa	273353	158572	149975	43677289	2946857	163714	130730	204945

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Guatemala

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)
Alta Verapaz	1008190	924828	889237	170156639	184	36247741	2013763	1170105	3068336
Baja Verapaz	283334	192090	181286	29401303	153	2799342	155519	159020	151143
Chimaltenango	189760	132215	129551	23689555	179	2225161	123620	116640	132346
Chiquimula	239858	115902	110079	15117117	130	994548	55253	60119	49169
El Progreso	169525	84136	88992	10945181	130	685052	38058	39590	36144
Escuintla	479943	160484	140652	20813577	130	1816645	100925	82831	123542
Guatemala	223556	120875	119924	18730880	155	2058215	114345	116811	111264
Huehuetenango	769407	522530	515652	93208409	178	7682318	426795	393428	468504
Izabal	880446	657366	640062	115133665	175	25962269	1442348	1108404	1859779
Jalapa	197887	89401	93960	12991067	145	941096	52283	59169	43676
Jutiapa	336688	104235	108219	13814508	133	902110	50117	64959	31566
Petén	3620810	3055764	2528690	478659764	157	129893101	7216283	8367304	5777508
Quezaltenango	214899	124641	122058	23337029	187	1954553	108586	82488	141209
Quiché	724578	544610	521977	99220782	182	14080244	782236	641022	958753
Retalhuleu	193368	46742	45743	6822808	146	765847	42547	39811	45968
Sacatepéquez	56401	39904	39815	6898222	173	521245	28958	22770	36693
San Marcos	357931	232375	230887	43247734	186	1656374	92021	76431	111508
Santa Rosa	303973	161877	159683	26840447	166	1728859	96048	111636	76563
Sololá	119185	80738	81494	15405082	191	503230	27957	28866	26822
Suchitepéquez	209998	111279	104863	18541171	167	2825558	156975	142880	174595
Totonicapán	108471	61884	58928	10772503	174	495123	27507	32825	20859
Zacapa	273353	158572	149975	23823978	150	1607371	89298	71307	111788

Archived forest data for Guatemala | Forest data for Guatemala

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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