Deforestation statistics for Argentina

Argentina: Demographic data

Population (2022)	45,195,774
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.90%
Population density (people/sq km)	17
Net migration	4,800
Fertility rate	2.3
Median age	32
Urban population share	93%

Argentina: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 2,736,690

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 39,086,890
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 14.30%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 6,115,631
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 15.60%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 4,412,118
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 1.60%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 11.30%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 425,650
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 9.60%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 3,986,468
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 1.50%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 10%

Argentina: Annual forest and tree cover data

Argentina: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 9,317
2003: 14,448
2004: 28,084
2005: 31,424
2006: 24,101
2007: 18,688
2008: 47,052
2009: 20,819
2010: 31,311
2011: 17,366
2012: 24,810
2013: 56,675
2014: 19,290
2015: 10,542
2016: 15,242
2017: 17,189
2018: 9,493
2019: 8,965
2020: 20,834

Argentina: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 147,806
2002: 105,002
2003: 249,154
2004: 433,429
2005: 367,249
2006: 316,447
2007: 425,344
2008: 592,752
2009: 309,857
2010: 413,230
2011: 499,186
2012: 478,177
2013: 376,776
2014: 241,102
2015: 180,233
2016: 230,189
2017: 233,919
2018: 172,958
2019: 145,444
2020: 197,379

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Misiones	2,569,030	119,213	142,497	106,503	137,512	505,725	19.7%
Neuquén	729,421	1,828	2,031	3,824	1,406	9,088	1.2%
Río Negro	422,774	2,848	2,120	2,142	893	8,003	1.9%
Salta	7,632,631	285,815	560,336	380,297	142,069	1,368,517	17.9%
San Juan	10,516	61	42	27	5	135	1.3%
San Luis	34,334	1,410	4,819	1,308	234	7,772	22.6%
Catamarca	679,714	27,383	18,952	10,196	7,807	64,338	9.5%
Santa Cruz	233,829	584	1,232	3,112	28	4,956	2.1%
Santa Fe	1,191,099	16,090	25,571	16,521	7,128	65,311	5.5%
Santiago del Estero	7,078,197	435,377	659,450	516,315	229,894	1,841,037	26.0%
Tierra del Fuego	704,640	2,809	3,823	3,432	895	10,958	1.6%
Tucumán	976,624	42,557	41,172	36,689	15,891	136,309	14.0%
Chaco	5,967,962	163,705	193,104	292,524	199,040	848,373	14.2%
Chubut	792,401	3,518	3,362	27,057	8,383	42,319	5.3%
Ciudad de Buenos Aires	67	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Córdoba	724,144	32,907	42,873	18,518	4,266	98,563	13.6%
Corrientes	1,255,190	29,405	45,020	54,464	27,009	155,898	12.4%
Entre Ríos	1,431,852	43,430	59,658	41,006	21,039	165,132	11.5%
Formosa	5,047,785	67,750	214,225	220,053	156,404	658,432	13.0%
Buenos Aires	421,143	11,564	10,930	9,707	5,181	37,381	8.9%
Jujuy	1,043,405	13,901	25,352	31,460	14,760	85,473	8.2%
La Pampa	85,409	228	244	158	13	643	0.8%
La Rioja	40,773	117	684	60	17	878	2.2%
Mendoza	14,040	144	136	104	18	401	2.9%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Jujuy	Capital	15,684	21	53	47	51	173	1.1%
Jujuy	Santa Bárbara	247,637	3,859	8,971	12,688	4,279	29,797	12.0%
Jujuy	Tilcara	3,910	0	2	0	2	5	0.1%
Jujuy	Valle Grande	6,467	3	14	5	64	86	1.3%
Jujuy	Cochinoca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jujuy	El Carmen	4,807	61	207	140	128	536	11.2%
Jujuy	Ledesma	158,439	394	1,139	3,358	2,484	7,376	4.7%
Jujuy	Palpalá	12,629	8	36	11	8	63	0.5%
Jujuy	San Antonio	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jujuy	San Pedro	95,801	190	1,273	801	262	2,526	2.6%
Misiones	Libertador General San Martín	37,600	1,322	3,398	970	1,127	6,817	18.1%
Misiones	Montecarlo	82,782	2,676	4,288	1,776	2,880	11,620	14.0%
Misiones	Oberá	4,732	54	185	82	128	449	9.5%
Misiones	San Ignacio	17,710	383	1,257	424	655	2,718	15.3%
Misiones	San Pedro	230,121	807	1,870	1,893	4,237	8,807	3.8%
Misiones	Veinticinco de Mayo	45,503	1,525	2,859	2,513	2,271	9,168	20.1%
Misiones	Cainguás	25,436	221	519	278	382	1,401	5.5%
Misiones	Eldorado	68,849	1,994	2,825	1,446	2,483	8,748	12.7%
Misiones	General Manuel Belgrano	180,836	2,428	4,141	3,855	7,550	17,973	9.9%
Misiones	Guaraní	145,401	2,823	4,161	2,676	5,047	14,708	10.1%
Misiones	Iguazú	137,992	4,184	1,927	2,051	2,663	10,825	7.8%
Salta	Anta	370,702	7,743	13,184	6,477	3,095	30,499	8.2%
Salta	Iruya	115,566	82	122	168	167	540	0.5%
Salta	La Caldera	3,417	3	7	6	5	21	0.6%
Salta	La Candelaria	8,220	12	33	25	14	84	1.0%
Salta	La Viña	65	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Salta	Metán	69,064	2,649	1,395	1,489	527	6,061	8.8%
Salta	Molinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Salta	Orán	285,862	7,121	10,150	15,610	3,987	36,868	12.9%
Salta	Rivadavia	47,024	831	1,770	2,441	446	5,488	11.7%
Salta	Rosario de la Frontera	82,282	860	2,098	1,324	473	4,755	5.8%
Salta	Rosario de Lerma	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Salta	Santa Victoria	89,561	39	89	83	101	311	0.3%
Salta	Capital	12,004	22	53	29	11	115	1.0%
Salta	Cerrillos	285	0	0	1	0	1	0.4%
Salta	Chicoana	1,060	0	0	2	0	3	0.3%
Salta	General Güemes	38,258	78	401	366	217	1,063	2.8%
Salta	General José de San Martín	560,644	20,348	32,466	20,333	6,655	79,802	14.2%
Salta	Guachipas	2,506	0	0	2	0	2	0.1%
Catamarca	Ambato	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Catamarca	Paclín	5,352	557	75	4	2	638	11.9%
Catamarca	Santa Rosa	2,568	1,388	97	37	7	1,529	59.6%
Catamarca	El Alto	4,580	40	7	4	25	76	1.7%
Santiago del Estero	Pellegrini	1,828	10	118	359	72	558	30.5%
Tucumán	Burruyacú	90,285	1,652	1,395	1,465	775	5,287	5.9%
Tucumán	Lules	11,762	17	23	28	21	90	0.8%
Tucumán	Monteros	25,006	67	93	93	34	288	1.2%
Tucumán	Rió Chico	19,969	17	46	66	62	190	1.0%
Tucumán	Tafí Viejo	18,242	65	201	220	116	602	3.3%
Tucumán	Trancas	6,651	2	7	31	16	57	0.9%
Tucumán	Yerba Buena	5,653	6	8	8	8	31	0.5%
Tucumán	Chicligasta	21,426	136	155	213	44	548	2.6%
Tucumán	Famaillá	6,242	1	15	184	11	212	3.4%
Tucumán	Graneros	262	207	12	0	0	219	83.7%
Tucumán	Juan B. Alberdi	14,856	11	87	164	55	317	2.1%
Tucumán	La Cocha	14,827	584	793	94	211	1,683	11.3%
Chaco	Libertad	3,656	35	60	12	8	114	3.1%
Chaco	Libertador General San Martín	101,000	1,203	1,766	1,125	779	4,872	4.8%
Chaco	Maipú	9,962	495	379	704	309	1,887	18.9%
Chaco	Mayor Luis J. Fontana	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Chaco	O'Higgins	422	8	11	33	14	66	15.6%
Chaco	Presidencia de la Plaza	20,920	281	326	357	177	1,141	5.5%
Chaco	Primero de Mayo	6,418	10	41	15	13	79	1.2%
Chaco	Quitilipi	8,679	100	211	325	178	814	9.4%
Chaco	Bermejo	21,793	37	122	39	17	215	1.0%
Chaco	San Fernando	3,331	4	17	3	3	27	0.8%
Chaco	San Lorenzo	13,786	116	362	589	376	1,443	10.5%
Chaco	Sargento Cabral	30,597	166	633	1,095	87	1,981	6.5%
Chaco	Tapenagá	21,429	51	82	36	23	192	0.9%
Chaco	Veinticinco de Mayo	19,883	272	464	471	118	1,326	6.7%
Chaco	Comandante Fernández	6,790	386	200	386	220	1,192	17.6%
Chaco	General Donovan	7,676	80	148	193	64	485	6.3%
Chaco	General Güemes	2,699	6	16	50	52	125	4.6%
Formosa	Bermejo	36,217	339	412	3,403	825	4,979	13.7%
Formosa	Formosa	33,322	163	175	96	74	509	1.5%
Formosa	Laishi	17,797	56	253	104	43	456	2.6%
Formosa	Patiño	275,775	6,991	18,973	15,982	7,104	49,050	17.8%
Formosa	Pilagás	31,515	89	539	944	442	2,013	6.4%
Formosa	Pilcomayo	25,984	31	23	19	93	166	0.6%
Formosa	Pirané	236,610	3,413	10,566	12,881	5,857	32,716	13.8%
Formosa	Ramón Lista	17,431	1,438	2,161	3,482	991	8,073	46.3%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Jujuy	545,397	4,537	11,695	17,051	7,279	40,562	7.4%
Misiones	976,961	18,417	27,430	17,963	29,421	93,232	9.5%
Salta	1,686,522	39,789	61,770	48,356	15,699	165,613	9.8%
Catamarca	12,511	1,984	179	45	34	2,243	17.9%
Santiago del Estero	1,828	10	118	359	72	558	30.5%
Tucumán	235,181	2,766	2,838	2,566	1,353	9,523	4.0%
Chaco	279,076	3,249	4,839	5,432	2,438	15,958	5.7%
Formosa	674,650	12,520	33,103	36,911	15,428	97,962	14.5%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Jujuy	Capital	15,684	21	53	47	51	173	1.1%
Jujuy	Santa Bárbara	247,637	3,859	8,971	12,688	4,279	29,797	12.0%
Jujuy	Tilcara	3,910	0	2	0	2	5	0.1%
Jujuy	Valle Grande	6,467	3	14	5	64	86	1.3%
Jujuy	Cochinoca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jujuy	El Carmen	4,807	61	207	140	128	536	11.2%
Jujuy	Ledesma	158,439	394	1,139	3,358	2,484	7,376	4.7%
Jujuy	Palpalá	12,629	8	36	11	8	63	0.5%
Jujuy	San Antonio	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jujuy	San Pedro	95,801	190	1,273	801	262	2,526	2.6%
Misiones	Libertador General San Martín	37,600	1,322	3,398	970	1,127	6,817	18.1%
Misiones	Montecarlo	82,782	2,676	4,288	1,776	2,880	11,620	14.0%
Misiones	Oberá	4,732	54	185	82	128	449	9.5%
Misiones	San Ignacio	17,710	383	1,257	424	655	2,718	15.3%
Misiones	San Pedro	230,121	807	1,870	1,893	4,237	8,807	3.8%
Misiones	Veinticinco de Mayo	45,503	1,525	2,859	2,513	2,271	9,168	20.1%
Misiones	Cainguás	25,436	221	519	278	382	1,401	5.5%
Misiones	Eldorado	68,849	1,994	2,825	1,446	2,483	8,748	12.7%
Misiones	General Manuel Belgrano	180,836	2,428	4,141	3,855	7,550	17,973	9.9%
Misiones	Guaraní	145,401	2,823	4,161	2,676	5,047	14,708	10.1%
Misiones	Iguazú	137,992	4,184	1,927	2,051	2,663	10,825	7.8%
Salta	Anta	370,702	7,743	13,184	6,477	3,095	30,499	8.2%
Salta	Iruya	115,566	82	122	168	167	540	0.5%
Salta	La Caldera	3,417	3	7	6	5	21	0.6%
Salta	La Candelaria	8,220	12	33	25	14	84	1.0%
Salta	La Viña	65	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Salta	Metán	69,064	2,649	1,395	1,489	527	6,061	8.8%
Salta	Molinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Salta	Orán	285,862	7,121	10,150	15,610	3,987	36,868	12.9%
Salta	Rivadavia	47,024	831	1,770	2,441	446	5,488	11.7%
Salta	Rosario de la Frontera	82,282	860	2,098	1,324	473	4,755	5.8%
Salta	Rosario de Lerma	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Salta	Santa Victoria	89,561	39	89	83	101	311	0.3%
Salta	Capital	12,004	22	53	29	11	115	1.0%
Salta	Cerrillos	285	0	0	1	0	1	0.4%
Salta	Chicoana	1,060	0	0	2	0	3	0.3%
Salta	General Güemes	38,258	78	401	366	217	1,063	2.8%
Salta	General José de San Martín	560,644	20,348	32,466	20,333	6,655	79,802	14.2%
Salta	Guachipas	2,506	0	0	2	0	2	0.1%
Catamarca	Ambato	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Catamarca	Paclín	5,352	557	75	4	2	638	11.9%
Catamarca	Santa Rosa	2,568	1,388	97	37	7	1,529	59.6%
Catamarca	El Alto	4,580	40	7	4	25	76	1.7%
Santiago del Estero	Pellegrini	1,828	10	118	359	72	558	30.5%
Tucumán	Burruyacú	90,285	1,652	1,395	1,465	775	5,287	5.9%
Tucumán	Lules	11,762	17	23	28	21	90	0.8%
Tucumán	Monteros	25,006	67	93	93	34	288	1.2%
Tucumán	Rió Chico	19,969	17	46	66	62	190	1.0%
Tucumán	Tafí Viejo	18,242	65	201	220	116	602	3.3%
Tucumán	Trancas	6,651	2	7	31	16	57	0.9%
Tucumán	Yerba Buena	5,653	6	8	8	8	31	0.5%
Tucumán	Chicligasta	21,426	136	155	213	44	548	2.6%
Tucumán	Famaillá	6,242	1	15	184	11	212	3.4%
Tucumán	Graneros	262	207	12	0	0	219	83.7%
Tucumán	Juan B. Alberdi	14,856	11	87	164	55	317	2.1%
Tucumán	La Cocha	14,827	584	793	94	211	1,683	11.3%
Chaco	Libertad	3,656	35	60	12	8	114	3.1%
Chaco	Libertador General San Martín	101,000	1,203	1,766	1,125	779	4,872	4.8%
Chaco	Maipú	9,962	495	379	704	309	1,887	18.9%
Chaco	Mayor Luis J. Fontana	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Chaco	O'Higgins	422	8	11	33	14	66	15.6%
Chaco	Presidencia de la Plaza	20,920	281	326	357	177	1,141	5.5%
Chaco	Primero de Mayo	6,418	10	41	15	13	79	1.2%
Chaco	Quitilipi	8,679	100	211	325	178	814	9.4%
Chaco	Bermejo	21,793	37	122	39	17	215	1.0%
Chaco	San Fernando	3,331	4	17	3	3	27	0.8%
Chaco	San Lorenzo	13,786	116	362	589	376	1,443	10.5%
Chaco	Sargento Cabral	30,597	166	633	1,095	87	1,981	6.5%
Chaco	Tapenagá	21,429	51	82	36	23	192	0.9%
Chaco	Veinticinco de Mayo	19,883	272	464	471	118	1,326	6.7%
Chaco	Comandante Fernández	6,790	386	200	386	220	1,192	17.6%
Chaco	General Donovan	7,676	80	148	193	64	485	6.3%
Chaco	General Güemes	2,699	6	16	50	52	125	4.6%
Formosa	Bermejo	36,217	339	412	3,403	825	4,979	13.7%
Formosa	Formosa	33,322	163	175	96	74	509	1.5%
Formosa	Laishi	17,797	56	253	104	43	456	2.6%
Formosa	Patiño	275,775	6,991	18,973	15,982	7,104	49,050	17.8%
Formosa	Pilagás	31,515	89	539	944	442	2,013	6.4%
Formosa	Pilcomayo	25,984	31	23	19	93	166	0.6%
Formosa	Pirané	236,610	3,413	10,566	12,881	5,857	32,716	13.8%
Formosa	Ramón Lista	17,431	1,438	2,161	3,482	991	8,073	46.3%

2019 forest data for Argentina | Archived forest data for Argentina | Forest data for Argentina

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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