Deforestation statistics for Paraguay

Total land area: Paraguay

Total land area	ha
Land area	40,026,495
Tree cover in 2018	17,188,453

Forest and tree cover extent: Paraguay

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

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		24,330,311
2001	3,481,094
2010	2,943,548	20,482,798
2018	2,534,492	17,188,453
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	15%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		42.9%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Paraguay

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

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		150,377
2002	50,508	195,319
2003	74,443	267,712
2004	65,084	247,616
2005	57,705	247,616
2006	27,949	148,420
2007	85,752	426,585
2008	53,657	376,663
2009	49,611	353,386
2010	72,835	442,568
2011	64,119	457,468
2012	83,806	510,636
2013	53,487	318,798
2014	38,156	345,985
2015	28,271	279,534
2016	45,863	320,032
2017	70,056	360,384
2018	25,298	258,940
Primary loss 2002-2018	946,602
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		5,557,662
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	17.0%
Percent loss 2001-2018	27.2%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	59,727.25	285,626
Loss/year (2011-2018)	51,132.06	356,472

Biodiversity data: Paraguay

Species count by taxa for Paraguay. 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	691
Amphibians	80
Reptiles	189
Fishes	263
Mammals	165
Vascular plants	7851

Conservation data: Paraguay

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

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	10
Threatened birds (2018)	27
Threatened fishes (2018)	0
Threatened higher plants (2018)	20

Protected areas data: Paraguay

Data on threatened species in Paraguay 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	14.3
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Paraguay

"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	40026495	26954616	67.30%	22407038	56.00%	19502367	48.70%	5834623	21.60%	324146	292995	363084
15	40026495	26488156	66.20%	22309887	55.70%	19413098	48.50%	5815021	22.00%	323057	291823	362099
20	40026495	25810260	64.50%	21796667	54.50%	18911841	47.20%	5790021	22.40%	321668	290520	360603
25	40026495	25044405	62.60%	21225757	53.00%	18355009	45.90%	5767293	23.00%	320405	289655	358844
30	40026495	24330311	60.80%	20482798	51.20%	17631021	44.00%	5723308	23.50%	317962	287153	356472
50	40026495	14019148	35.00%	13406572	33.50%	11936110	29.80%	3387506	24.20%	188195	191704	183808
75	40026495	7562251	18.90%	7281592	18.20%	6446234	16.10%	1807983	23.90%	100444	97263	104420

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Paraguay

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	40026495	26954616	22407038	3622717607	453577186	25198733	831558212	46197678
15	40026495	26488156	22309887	3583429489	452756322	25153129	830053300	46114072
20	40026495	25810260	21796667	3526067824	451673132	25092952	828067431	46003746
25	40026495	25044405	21225757	3461269871	450702096	25039005	826287209	45904845
30	40026495	24330311	20482798	3400043982	448905068	24939170	822992659	45721814
50	40026495	14019148	13406572	2534662412	342212362	19011798	627389283	34854960
75	40026495	7562251	7281592	1738180420	241362833	13409046	442498533	24583252

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Paraguay

"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)
Alto Paraguay	7772182	6718590	5821506	5139705	66%	1454951	22%	80,831	773150	12%	77,315	681801	12%	85,225
Alto Paraná	1421884	467193	390225	363228	26%	91977	20%	5,110	64980	14%	6,498	26997	7%	3,375
Amambay	1255403	584123	477843	400818	32%	148104	25%	8,228	71079	12%	7,108	77025	16%	9,628
Asunción	13022	1818	1637	1552	12%	104	6%	6	19	1%	2	85	5%	11
Boquerón	8866067	7065018	5546308	4149168	47%	2341115	33%	130,062	943975	13%	94,398	1397140	25%	174,643
Caaguazú	1294726	573386	490008	435231	34%	131302	23%	7,295	76525	13%	7,653	54777	11%	6,847
Caazapá	957093	474367	429588	402150	42%	61472	13%	3,415	34034	7%	3,403	27438	6%	3,430
Canindeyú	1506239	734046	592546	502289	33%	228792	31%	12,711	138535	19%	13,854	90257	15%	11,282
Central	243544	66246	53761	51940	21%	3867	6%	215	2046	3%	205	1821	3%	228
Concepción	1880381	1025191	852632	792679	42%	154279	15%	8,571	94326	9%	9,433	59953	7%	7,494
Cordillera	483955	207485	190244	182867	38%	13726	7%	763	6349	3%	635	7377	4%	922
Guairá	384585	181151	152699	144319	38%	20096	11%	1,116	11716	6%	1,172	8380	5%	1,048
Itapúa	1609086	599457	525333	504438	31%	62381	10%	3,466	41486	7%	4,149	20895	4%	2,612
Misiones	896838	158316	171731	169608	19%	5053	3%	281	2930	2%	293	2123	1%	265
Paraguarí	875154	278976	261626	253112	29%	15213	5%	845	6699	2%	670	8514	3%	1,064
Presidente Hayes	7322938	4029501	3511226	3241396	44%	685735	17%	38,096	415905	10%	41,591	269830	8%	33,729
San Pedro	2093792	986609	793589	677014	32%	303286	31%	16,849	186711	19%	18,671	116575	15%	14,572
Ñeembucú	1149606	178838	220296	219507	19%	1855	1%	103	1066	1%	107	789	0%	99

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Paraguay

"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)
Alto Paraguay	7772182	6718590	5821506	788965226	186575146	10365286	10102067	10694309
Alto Paraná	1421884	467193	390225	116371470	25972647	1442925	1854256	928761
Amambay	1255403	584123	477843	142160908	39881287	2215627	1863557	2655714
Asunción	13022	1818	1637	296524	17484	971	353	1744
Boquerón	8866067	7065018	5546308	581975508	200536689	11140927	8256309	14746700
Caaguazú	1294726	573386	490008	125893243	35234367	1957465	2053518	1837399
Caazapá	957093	474367	429588	101886803	17510840	972824	996771	942892
Canindeyú	1506239	734046	592546	191942717	64489803	3582767	3844621	3255450
Central	243544	66246	53761	10465818	727565	40420	39788	41211
Concepción	1880381	1025191	852632	231038217	39362934	2186830	2480534	1819700
Cordillera	483955	207485	190244	33588897	3034829	168602	148346	193922
Guairá	384585	181151	152699	36406454	5134840	285269	317130	245443
Itapúa	1609086	599457	525333	140806102	18084235	1004680	1223448	731220
Misiones	896838	158316	171731	24261300	859077	47727	47438	48088
Paraguarí	875154	278976	261626	49797840	3382876	187938	151361	233659
Presidente Hayes	7322938	4029501	3511226	578854185	98965511	5498084	6042681	4817337
San Pedro	2093792	986609	793589	217279040	82832917	4601829	5208852	3843049
Ñeembucú	1149606	178838	220296	28053730	389612	21645	24075	18608

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Paraguay

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)
Alto Paraguay	7772182	6718590	5821506	430344669	64	101768265	5653793	5510219	5833260
Alto Paraná	1421884	467193	390225	63475348	136	14166887	787049	1011412	506596
Amambay	1255403	584123	477843	77542314	133	21753431	1208524	1016486	1448572
Asunción	13022	1818	1637	161740	89	9540	530	193	952
Boquerón	8866067	7065018	5546308	317441186	45	109383646	6076869	4503441	8043654
Caaguazú	1294726	573386	490008	68669042	120	19218746	1067708	1120100	1002218
Caazapá	957093	474367	429588	55574620	117	9551367	530632	543693	514305
Canindeyú	1506239	734046	592546	104696027	143	35176254	1954236	2097066	1775700
Central	243544	66246	53761	5708630	86	396859	22048	21703	22479
Concepción	1880381	1025191	852632	126020846	123	21470689	1192816	1353018	992563
Cordillera	483955	207485	190244	18321218	88	1655360	91964	80916	105775
Guairá	384585	181151	152699	19858068	110	2800821	155601	172980	133878
Itapúa	1609086	599457	525333	76803326	128	9864117	548007	667335	398846
Misiones	896838	158316	171731	13233436	84	468588	26033	25875	26230
Paraguarí	875154	278976	261626	27162458	97	1845207	102512	82560	127450
Presidente Hayes	7322938	4029501	3511226	315738645	78	53981186	2998955	3296008	2627639
San Pedro	2093792	986609	793589	118515840	120	45181593	2510089	2841192	2096209
Ñeembucú	1149606	178838	220296	15302034	86	212512	11806	13132	10149

Archived forest data for Paraguay | Forest data for Paraguay

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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