Deforestation statistics for Tunisia
Tree cover loss data for Tunisia
"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 | 15528414 | 287917 | 1.90% | 217748 | 1.40% | 195125 | 1.30% | 29175 | 10.10% | 1621 | 655 | 2828 |
| 15 | 15528414 | 258519 | 1.70% | 202569 | 1.30% | 180981 | 1.20% | 28037 | 10.80% | 1558 | 645 | 2699 |
| 20 | 15528414 | 250490 | 1.60% | 199751 | 1.30% | 178554 | 1.10% | 27556 | 11.00% | 1531 | 636 | 2650 |
| 25 | 15528414 | 236432 | 1.50% | 177310 | 1.10% | 156731 | 1.00% | 26885 | 11.40% | 1494 | 631 | 2572 |
| 30 | 15528414 | 224929 | 1.40% | 170045 | 1.10% | 149897 | 1.00% | 26431 | 11.80% | 1468 | 628 | 2519 |
| 50 | 15528414 | 179308 | 1.20% | 107806 | 0.70% | 90616 | 0.60% | 22579 | 12.60% | 1254 | 539 | 2149 |
| 75 | 15528414 | 107785 | 0.70% | 51713 | 0.30% | 41073 | 0.30% | 14488 | 13.40% | 805 | 385 | 1330 |
Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Tunisia
"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) | 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 | 15528414 | 287917 | 217748 | 61522721 | 3380474 | 187804 | 6197544 | 344308 |
| 15 | 15528414 | 258519 | 202569 | 55576084 | 3256012 | 180890 | 5969361 | 331631 |
| 20 | 15528414 | 250490 | 199751 | 54013644 | 3203507 | 177973 | 5873110 | 326284 |
| 25 | 15528414 | 236432 | 177310 | 51184127 | 3129199 | 173844 | 5736873 | 318715 |
| 30 | 15528414 | 224929 | 170045 | 48988178 | 3084983 | 171388 | 5655801 | 314211 |
| 50 | 15528414 | 179308 | 107806 | 40320250 | 2691665 | 149537 | 4934709 | 274151 |
| 75 | 15528414 | 107785 | 51713 | 26049472 | 1815876 | 100882 | 3329109 | 184951 |
Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Tunisia
"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) |
| Ariana | 54909 | 262 | 78 | 67 | 0% | 27 | 10% | 2 | 16 | 6% | 2 | 11 | 14% | 1 |
| Ben Arous (Tunis Sud) | 69792 | 2771 | 2681 | 2588 | 4% | 121 | 4% | 7 | 28 | 1% | 3 | 93 | 3% | 12 |
| Bizerte | 340259 | 45960 | 38847 | 30696 | 9% | 9861 | 21% | 548 | 1710 | 4% | 171 | 8151 | 21% | 1,019 |
| Béja | 352409 | 26332 | 22974 | 21355 | 6% | 2739 | 10% | 152 | 1120 | 4% | 112 | 1619 | 7% | 202 |
| Gabès | 748532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Gafsa | 741584 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Jendouba | 306958 | 73087 | 60809 | 57544 | 19% | 4704 | 6% | 261 | 1439 | 2% | 144 | 3265 | 5% | 408 |
| Kairouan | 664162 | 2072 | 948 | 879 | 0% | 124 | 6% | 7 | 55 | 3% | 6 | 69 | 7% | 9 |
| Kassérine | 807984 | 6595 | 1496 | 1205 | 0% | 367 | 6% | 20 | 76 | 1% | 8 | 291 | 19% | 36 |
| Kebili | 2190812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Le Kef | 505141 | 16035 | 7188 | 4651 | 1% | 2975 | 19% | 165 | 438 | 3% | 44 | 2537 | 35% | 317 |
| Mahdia | 295024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 50% | - | 0 | 0% | - | 1 | 100% | - |
| Manubah | 101777 | 1700 | 1792 | 1679 | 2% | 145 | 9% | 8 | 32 | 2% | 3 | 113 | 6% | 14 |
| Monastir | 99770 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | - | 0 | 0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Médenine | 867432 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0% | - | ||
| Nabeul | 287001 | 22094 | 20346 | 19641 | 7% | 1062 | 5% | 59 | 357 | 2% | 36 | 705 | 3% | 88 |
| Sfax | 725365 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | - | 0 | 0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Sidi Bou Zid | 740673 | 1211 | 642 | 537 | 0% | 105 | 9% | 6 | 0 | 0% | - | 105 | 16% | 13 |
| Siliana | 471413 | 15805 | 5791 | 3255 | 1% | 3240 | 20% | 180 | 704 | 4% | 70 | 2536 | 44% | 317 |
| Sousse | 269527 | 357 | 284 | 281 | 0% | 3 | 1% | - | 0 | 0% | - | 3 | 1% | - |
| Tataouine | 3957715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Tozeur | 615907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |||
| Tunis | 27606 | 256 | 153 | 148 | 1% | 37 | 14% | 2 | 32 | 13% | 3 | 5 | 3% | 1 |
| Zaghouan | 286662 | 10386 | 6014 | 5370 | 2% | 920 | 9% | 51 | 276 | 3% | 28 | 644 | 11% | 81 |
Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Tunisia
"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) |
| Ariana | 54909 | 262 | 78 | 46246 | 5937 | 330 | 342 | 315 |
| Ben Arous (Tunis Sud) | 69792 | 2771 | 2681 | 555482 | 24518 | 1362 | 576 | 2344 |
| Bizerte | 340259 | 45960 | 38847 | 8693987 | 1918571 | 106587 | 33288 | 198212 |
| Béja | 352409 | 26332 | 22974 | 5896624 | 628859 | 34937 | 26143 | 45929 |
| Gabès | 748532 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gafsa | 741584 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jendouba | 306958 | 73087 | 60809 | 17746361 | 1142938 | 63497 | 34687 | 99508 |
| Kairouan | 664162 | 2072 | 948 | 441519 | 25965 | 1443 | 1148 | 1811 |
| Kassérine | 807984 | 6595 | 1496 | 1578978 | 87519 | 4862 | 1850 | 8627 |
| Kebili | 2190812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Le Kef | 505141 | 16035 | 7188 | 3502891 | 651221 | 36179 | 9719 | 69254 |
| Mahdia | 295024 | 2 | 1 | 256 | 146 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Manubah | 101777 | 1700 | 1792 | 310621 | 27896 | 1550 | 629 | 2700 |
| Monastir | 99770 | 3 | 0 | 391 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Médenine | 867432 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nabeul | 287001 | 22094 | 20346 | 4232821 | 211326 | 11740 | 7293 | 17300 |
| Sfax | 725365 | 1 | 0 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidi Bou Zid | 740673 | 1211 | 642 | 272182 | 23605 | 1311 | 13 | 2934 |
| Siliana | 471413 | 15805 | 5791 | 3405229 | 703128 | 39063 | 15303 | 68763 |
| Sousse | 269527 | 357 | 284 | 67700 | 741 | 41 | 19 | 69 |
| Tataouine | 3957715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tozeur | 615907 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunis | 27606 | 256 | 153 | 46602 | 8038 | 447 | 687 | 146 |
| Zaghouan | 286662 | 10386 | 6014 | 2190037 | 195374 | 10854 | 5654 | 17355 |
Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Tunisia
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) |
| Ariana | 54909 | 262 | 78 | 25226 | 96 | 3234 | 180 | 186 | 171 |
| Ben Arous (Tunis Sud) | 69792 | 2771 | 2681 | 302991 | 109 | 13377 | 743 | 315 | 1279 |
| Bizerte | 340259 | 45960 | 38847 | 4742174 | 103 | 1046489 | 58138 | 18157 | 108115 |
| Béja | 352409 | 26332 | 22974 | 3216341 | 122 | 343017 | 19057 | 14259 | 25053 |
| Gabès | 748532 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gafsa | 741584 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jendouba | 306958 | 73087 | 60809 | 9679832 | 133 | 623419 | 34634 | 18920 | 54278 |
| Kairouan | 664162 | 2072 | 948 | 240831 | 116 | 14161 | 787 | 626 | 988 |
| Kassérine | 807984 | 6595 | 1496 | 861261 | 131 | 47742 | 2652 | 1010 | 4706 |
| Kebili | 2190812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Le Kef | 505141 | 16035 | 7188 | 1910666 | 119 | 355208 | 19734 | 5301 | 37775 |
| Mahdia | 295024 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 85 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Manubah | 101777 | 1700 | 1792 | 169428 | 100 | 15217 | 845 | 343 | 1473 |
| Monastir | 99770 | 3 | 0 | 214 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Médenine | 867432 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nabeul | 287001 | 22094 | 20346 | 2308811 | 104 | 115270 | 6404 | 3978 | 9436 |
| Sfax | 725365 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidi Bou Zid | 740673 | 1211 | 642 | 148463 | 122 | 12875 | 715 | 7 | 1600 |
| Siliana | 471413 | 15805 | 5791 | 1857399 | 118 | 383531 | 21307 | 8347 | 37507 |
| Sousse | 269527 | 357 | 284 | 36926 | 103 | 404 | 22 | 10 | 38 |
| Tataouine | 3957715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tozeur | 615907 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tunis | 27606 | 256 | 153 | 25419 | 99 | 4385 | 244 | 375 | 80 |
| Zaghouan | 286662 | 10386 | 6014 | 1194565 | 115 | 106564 | 5920 | 3083 | 9466 |
Archived forest data for Tunisia | Forest data for Tunisia
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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