Deforestation statistics for Bolivia

Bolivia: Demographic data

Population (2022)	11,673,021
Annual population growth rate (2022)	1.40%
Population density (people/sq km)	11
Net migration	-9,504
Fertility rate	2.8
Median age	26
Urban population share	69%

Bolivia: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 1,083,300

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 64,521,385
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 59.60%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 6,114,332
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 9.50%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 40,817,109
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 37.70%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 63.30%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 3,019,955
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 7.40%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 37,797,154
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 34.90%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 59%

Bolivia: Annual forest and tree cover data

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

Year: Hectares
2002: 70,601
2003: 77,166
2004: 96,611
2005: 137,831
2006: 118,804
2007: 114,376
2008: 180,574
2009: 108,163
2010: 267,751
2011: 162,624
2012: 148,294
2013: 82,289
2014: 133,268
2015: 83,299
2016: 246,088
2017: 270,345
2018: 154,488
2019: 290,499
2020: 276,883

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

Year: Hectares
2001: 140,321
2002: 178,808
2003: 163,759
2004: 203,251
2005: 250,748
2006: 216,315
2007: 189,953
2008: 369,850
2009: 225,270
2010: 451,759
2011: 330,239
2012: 273,544
2013: 179,822
2014: 256,901
2015: 166,275
2016: 470,600
2017: 463,194
2018: 301,855
2019: 852,089
2020: 429,780

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) %
Chuquisaca	2,372,192	14,019	9,692	16,716	28,516	68,943	2.9%
Cochabamba	2,752,967	58,564	62,543	58,155	63,610	242,871	8.8%
El Beni	13,361,482	165,762	278,957	227,568	316,239	988,527	7.4%
La Paz	7,152,155	36,654	75,460	58,265	107,919	278,297	3.9%
Oruro	242	1	1	0	0	2	0.9%
Pando	6,202,288	66,959	60,986	49,836	48,584	226,364	3.6%
Potosí	23,443	35	21	14	4	73	0.3%
Santa Cruz	30,264,155	568,896	912,567	771,422	1,913,532	4,166,418	13.8%
Tarija	2,392,537	25,998	52,921	24,807	39,118	142,844	6.0%

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) %
Chuquisaca	Belisario Boeto	9,071	50	125	142	278	595	6.6%
Chuquisaca	Hernando Siles	333,452	3,020	1,735	4,182	4,310	13,246	4.0%
Chuquisaca	Juana Azurduay de Padilla	9,312	29	26	61	89	205	2.2%
Chuquisaca	Luis Calvo	277,388	1,430	1,869	1,503	5,240	10,042	3.6%
Chuquisaca	Nor Cinti	6,916	29	16	44	88	177	2.6%
Chuquisaca	Sud Cinti	114,372	920	769	1,794	2,055	5,538	4.8%
Chuquisaca	Tomina	56,522	283	253	605	836	1,977	3.5%
Cochabamba	Arani	109,774	509	877	515	921	2,822	2.6%
Cochabamba	Ayopaya	492,346	421	1,503	3,108	4,257	9,290	1.9%
Cochabamba	Carrasco	673,883	13,113	16,403	10,873	10,993	51,383	7.6%
Cochabamba	Chapare	704,685	7,437	11,629	8,940	11,040	39,046	5.5%
El Beni	Cercado	441,814	4,300	7,312	4,634	18,276	34,522	7.8%
El Beni	José Ballivián	1,481,220	14,112	45,871	30,340	38,214	128,537	8.7%
El Beni	Mamoré	351,508	1,590	3,590	4,307	7,482	16,968	4.8%
El Beni	Marbán	1,272,987	27,069	57,476	39,068	68,129	191,742	15.1%
El Beni	Moxos	1,307,915	7,335	11,934	10,642	8,644	38,555	2.9%
El Beni	Vaca Díez	3,619,527	22,631	56,534	58,204	51,676	189,045	5.2%
El Beni	Yacuma	1,088,682	7,235	16,604	11,877	19,856	55,573	5.1%
La Paz	Abel Iturralde	2,954,248	5,593	35,379	16,785	32,082	89,839	3.0%
La Paz	Loayza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Los Andes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Manco Kapac	5	0	0	1	0	1	11.3%
La Paz	Muñecas	19,953	39	165	55	132	390	2.0%
La Paz	Nor Yungas	270,895	1,827	2,815	2,255	4,869	11,767	4.3%
La Paz	Omasuyos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Pedro Domingo Murillo	76,153	72	180	138	431	822	1.1%
La Paz	Sud Yungas	601,372	4,932	10,189	8,973	13,563	37,656	6.3%
La Paz	Bautista Saavedra	120,630	89	221	303	314	927	0.8%
La Paz	Eliodoro Camacho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Franz Tamayo	1,223,633	1,349	3,478	4,665	7,605	17,097	1.4%
La Paz	Inquisivi	139,126	228	789	756	1,488	3,261	2.3%
La Paz	Larecaja	581,001	2,281	4,407	3,488	7,420	17,596	3.0%
Oruro	Eduardo Avaroa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Oruro	Sajama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Pando	Federico Román	3,018,133	25,880	26,937	18,897	21,695	93,409	3.1%
Pando	Madre de Dios	1,049,426	4,541	11,467	15,210	7,187	38,405	3.7%
Pando	Manuripi	1,802,619	16,297	14,281	7,951	9,284	47,814	2.7%
Potosí	Nor Chichas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Rafael Bustillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Sud Chichas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Sud Lípez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Tomás Frías	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Antonio Quijarro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	José María Linares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Santa Cruz	Andrés Ibáñez	91,163	2,936	4,994	3,939	5,223	17,093	18.7%
Santa Cruz	Obispo Santistevan	103,263	28,821	10,539	6,044	4,761	50,166	48.6%
Santa Cruz	Sara	249,924	19,095	34,476	31,428	36,616	121,615	48.7%
Santa Cruz	Vallegrande	222,069	1,353	1,394	2,950	5,933	11,630	5.2%
Santa Cruz	Chiquitos	2,914,035	29,752	100,406	55,912	216,016	402,086	13.8%
Santa Cruz	Cordillera	732,864	5,747	10,335	11,417	25,157	52,655	7.2%
Santa Cruz	Florida	168,368	681	709	1,420	2,135	4,945	2.9%
Santa Cruz	Ichilo	838,992	14,928	29,545	27,648	32,360	104,481	12.5%
Santa Cruz	Ignacio Warnes	770	66	204	111	7	388	50.4%
Santa Cruz	José Miguel de Velasco	5,872,490	28,807	97,281	71,605	280,201	477,894	8.1%
Santa Cruz	Manuel María Caballero	185,179	202	567	550	877	2,195	1.2%
Santa Cruz	Ñuflo de Chávez	4,426,416	69,510	143,220	120,026	261,902	594,658	13.4%
Tarija	Aniceto Arce	254,254	916	1,013	1,905	1,480	5,313	2.1%
Tarija	Burnet O'Connor	229,790	1,352	2,142	991	2,106	6,591	2.9%
Tarija	Cercado	26,274	32	17	27	20	96	0.4%
Tarija	Gran Chaco	292,420	3,370	7,994	3,486	5,055	19,905	6.8%
Tarija	José María Avilés	314	0	0	0	0	1	0.2%

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) %
Chuquisaca	807,034	5,761	4,793	8,332	12,895	31,780	3.9%
Cochabamba	1,980,688	21,482	30,412	23,435	27,212	102,541	5.2%
El Beni	9,563,653	84,271	199,320	159,073	212,277	654,941	6.8%
La Paz	5,987,018	16,409	57,623	37,418	67,905	179,355	3.0%
Oruro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Pando	5,870,177	46,719	52,685	42,058	38,167	179,628	3.1%
Potosí	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Santa Cruz	15,805,534	201,898	433,670	333,050	871,188	1,839,806	11.6%
Tarija	803,052	5,670	11,165	6,410	8,661	31,906	4.0%

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) %
Chuquisaca	Belisario Boeto	9,071	50	125	142	278	595	6.6%
Chuquisaca	Hernando Siles	333,452	3,020	1,735	4,182	4,310	13,246	4.0%
Chuquisaca	Juana Azurduay de Padilla	9,312	29	26	61	89	205	2.2%
Chuquisaca	Luis Calvo	277,388	1,430	1,869	1,503	5,240	10,042	3.6%
Chuquisaca	Nor Cinti	6,916	29	16	44	88	177	2.6%
Chuquisaca	Sud Cinti	114,372	920	769	1,794	2,055	5,538	4.8%
Chuquisaca	Tomina	56,522	283	253	605	836	1,977	3.5%
Cochabamba	Arani	109,774	509	877	515	921	2,822	2.6%
Cochabamba	Ayopaya	492,346	421	1,503	3,108	4,257	9,290	1.9%
Cochabamba	Carrasco	673,883	13,113	16,403	10,873	10,993	51,383	7.6%
Cochabamba	Chapare	704,685	7,437	11,629	8,940	11,040	39,046	5.5%
El Beni	Cercado	441,814	4,300	7,312	4,634	18,276	34,522	7.8%
El Beni	José Ballivián	1,481,220	14,112	45,871	30,340	38,214	128,537	8.7%
El Beni	Mamoré	351,508	1,590	3,590	4,307	7,482	16,968	4.8%
El Beni	Marbán	1,272,987	27,069	57,476	39,068	68,129	191,742	15.1%
El Beni	Moxos	1,307,915	7,335	11,934	10,642	8,644	38,555	2.9%
El Beni	Vaca Díez	3,619,527	22,631	56,534	58,204	51,676	189,045	5.2%
El Beni	Yacuma	1,088,682	7,235	16,604	11,877	19,856	55,573	5.1%
La Paz	Abel Iturralde	2,954,248	5,593	35,379	16,785	32,082	89,839	3.0%
La Paz	Loayza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Los Andes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Manco Kapac	5	0	0	1	0	1	11.3%
La Paz	Muñecas	19,953	39	165	55	132	390	2.0%
La Paz	Nor Yungas	270,895	1,827	2,815	2,255	4,869	11,767	4.3%
La Paz	Omasuyos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Pedro Domingo Murillo	76,153	72	180	138	431	822	1.1%
La Paz	Sud Yungas	601,372	4,932	10,189	8,973	13,563	37,656	6.3%
La Paz	Bautista Saavedra	120,630	89	221	303	314	927	0.8%
La Paz	Eliodoro Camacho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Paz	Franz Tamayo	1,223,633	1,349	3,478	4,665	7,605	17,097	1.4%
La Paz	Inquisivi	139,126	228	789	756	1,488	3,261	2.3%
La Paz	Larecaja	581,001	2,281	4,407	3,488	7,420	17,596	3.0%
Oruro	Eduardo Avaroa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Oruro	Sajama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Pando	Federico Román	3,018,133	25,880	26,937	18,897	21,695	93,409	3.1%
Pando	Madre de Dios	1,049,426	4,541	11,467	15,210	7,187	38,405	3.7%
Pando	Manuripi	1,802,619	16,297	14,281	7,951	9,284	47,814	2.7%
Potosí	Nor Chichas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Rafael Bustillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Sud Chichas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Sud Lípez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Tomás Frías	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	Antonio Quijarro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Potosí	José María Linares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Santa Cruz	Andrés Ibáñez	91,163	2,936	4,994	3,939	5,223	17,093	18.7%
Santa Cruz	Obispo Santistevan	103,263	28,821	10,539	6,044	4,761	50,166	48.6%
Santa Cruz	Sara	249,924	19,095	34,476	31,428	36,616	121,615	48.7%
Santa Cruz	Vallegrande	222,069	1,353	1,394	2,950	5,933	11,630	5.2%
Santa Cruz	Chiquitos	2,914,035	29,752	100,406	55,912	216,016	402,086	13.8%
Santa Cruz	Cordillera	732,864	5,747	10,335	11,417	25,157	52,655	7.2%
Santa Cruz	Florida	168,368	681	709	1,420	2,135	4,945	2.9%
Santa Cruz	Ichilo	838,992	14,928	29,545	27,648	32,360	104,481	12.5%
Santa Cruz	Ignacio Warnes	770	66	204	111	7	388	50.4%
Santa Cruz	José Miguel de Velasco	5,872,490	28,807	97,281	71,605	280,201	477,894	8.1%
Santa Cruz	Manuel María Caballero	185,179	202	567	550	877	2,195	1.2%
Santa Cruz	Ñuflo de Chávez	4,426,416	69,510	143,220	120,026	261,902	594,658	13.4%
Tarija	Aniceto Arce	254,254	916	1,013	1,905	1,480	5,313	2.1%
Tarija	Burnet O'Connor	229,790	1,352	2,142	991	2,106	6,591	2.9%
Tarija	Cercado	26,274	32	17	27	20	96	0.4%
Tarija	Gran Chaco	292,420	3,370	7,994	3,486	5,055	19,905	6.8%
Tarija	José María Avilés	314	0	0	0	0	1	0.2%

2019 forest data for Bolivia | Archived forest data for Bolivia | Forest data for Bolivia

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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