Deforestation statistics for Cuba

Cuba: Demographic data

Population (2022)	11,326,616
Annual population growth rate (2022)	-0.10%
Population density (people/sq km)	106
Net migration	-14,400
Fertility rate	1.6
Median age	42
Urban population share	78%

Cuba: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 106,440

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 4,014,614
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 37.70%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 368,694
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 9.20%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 400,820
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 3.80%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 10.00%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 40,851
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 10.20%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 359,969
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 3.40%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 9%

Cuba: Annual forest and tree cover data

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

Year: Hectares
2002: 2,958
2003: 202
2004: 652
2005: 1,024
2006: 467
2007: 465
2008: 1,205
2009: 759
2010: 126
2011: 311
2012: 244
2013: 69
2014: 59
2015: 155
2016: 302
2017: 28,907
2018: 2,552
2019: 90
2020: 306

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

Year: Hectares
2001: 18,943
2002: 15,036
2003: 6,557
2004: 21,974
2005: 12,834
2006: 12,305
2007: 7,874
2008: 17,084
2009: 16,260
2010: 8,608
2011: 16,313
2012: 10,345
2013: 6,072
2014: 5,861
2015: 6,726
2016: 74,053
2017: 76,814
2018: 14,955
2019: 7,464
2020: 12,618

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) %
Camagüey	521,180	13,320	8,628	6,131	23,172	51,252	9.8%
Las Tunas	168,583	3,460	2,513	1,315	990	8,278	4.9%
Matanzas	341,474	9,694	3,644	3,072	8,281	24,692	7.2%
Mayabeque	84,490	573	762	834	992	3,160	3.7%
Pinar del Río	557,878	11,281	16,974	10,025	12,733	51,014	9.1%
Sancti Spíritus	191,955	2,228	3,013	2,946	7,804	15,991	8.3%
Santiago de Cuba	379,669	12,939	4,528	4,487	3,874	25,828	6.8%
Villa Clara	223,268	2,648	2,906	3,352	18,878	27,784	12.4%
Ciego de Ávila	179,440	1,513	1,462	1,613	19,073	23,662	13.2%
Cienfuegos	129,897	1,682	2,366	1,903	4,001	9,952	7.7%
Ciudad de la Habana	13,581	508	406	93	102	1,110	8.2%
Granma	332,982	4,219	3,239	2,312	4,082	13,852	4.2%
Guantánamo	414,902	5,530	5,137	3,178	76,066	89,911	21.7%
Holguín	320,776	4,218	3,400	2,624	4,429	14,672	4.6%
Isla de la Juventud	121,280	1,144	2,737	989	982	5,852	4.8%
La Habana	33,254	384	412	443	444	1,684	5.1%

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) %
Camagüey	Santa Cruz del Sur	5,697	138	28	16	8	189	3.3%
Camagüey	Sierra de Cubitas	175	0	0	0	138	138	78.8%
Camagüey	Vertientes	6,430	75	78	9	154	317	4.9%
Camagüey	Esmeralda	2,968	7	4	53	1,547	1,612	54.3%
Camagüey	Florida	2,328	27	31	5	109	172	7.4%
Camagüey	Guáimaro	13,995	215	74	63	116	468	3.3%
Camagüey	Minas	651	3	68	0	277	348	53.5%
Camagüey	Nuevitas	15,702	24	23	5	5,571	5,623	35.8%
Las Tunas	Amancio	468	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Las Tunas	Colombia	246	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Las Tunas	Jesús Menéndez	722	0	4	0	1	5	0.7%
Las Tunas	Jobabo	656	0	3	0	0	3	0.5%
Las Tunas	Manatí	2,541	44	148	2	14	207	8.2%
Las Tunas	Puerto Padre	1,108	2	0	0	0	3	0.3%
Matanzas	Calimete	2,447	29	33	4	23	90	3.7%
Matanzas	Pedro Betancourt	250	0	0	0	5	6	2.4%
Matanzas	Unión de Reyes	5,661	2	6	0	8	16	0.3%
Matanzas	Cárdenas	1,083	1	0	1	111	114	10.5%
Matanzas	Ciénaga de Zapata	53,181	2,950	348	192	219	3,709	7.0%
Matanzas	Jagüey Grande	3,632	7	7	0	12	26	0.7%
Matanzas	Martí	5,376	1	0	0	1,917	1,918	35.7%
Mayabeque	Batabanó	1,403	0	0	0	8	9	0.6%
Mayabeque	San Nicolás	1,312	0	0	0	41	42	3.2%
Mayabeque	Güines	354	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Mayabeque	Melena del Sur	633	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Mayabeque	Nueva Paz	6,576	0	1	1	5	8	0.1%
Mayabeque	Quivicán	350	0	0	1	1	1	0.4%
Pinar del Río	Bahía Honda	2,540	6	46	5	5	62	2.5%
Pinar del Río	San Cristóbal	3,255	10	700	4	10	724	22.2%
Pinar del Río	San Juan y Martínez	591	17	2	2	1	22	3.7%
Pinar del Río	San Luis	1,829	16	7	2	3	27	1.5%
Pinar del Río	Sandino	66,957	230	46	18	109	404	0.6%
Pinar del Río	Viñales	1,219	0	53	2	0	55	4.5%
Pinar del Río	Candelaria	1,102	1	102	3	0	106	9.6%
Pinar del Río	Consolación del Sur	3,336	80	77	4	20	182	5.5%
Pinar del Río	Guane	1,057	49	4	4	0	57	5.4%
Pinar del Río	La Palma	1,920	2	52	4	3	61	3.2%
Pinar del Río	Los Palacios	2,563	56	144	7	236	443	17.3%
Pinar del Río	Mantua	5,454	4	36	7	60	107	2.0%
Pinar del Río	Minas de Matahambre	4,261	27	66	4	1	98	2.3%
Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	1,218	23	5	4	1	33	2.7%
Sancti Spíritus	La Sierpe	3,148	21	5	14	39	79	2.5%
Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	238	8	0	0	2	11	4.4%
Sancti Spíritus	Trinidad	725	8	19	0	4	32	4.4%
Sancti Spíritus	Yaguajay	2,574	2	1	1	2,167	2,171	84.4%
Santiago de Cuba	Guamá	7,203	46	21	26	26	118	1.6%
Villa Clara	Caibarién	6,734	2	0	2	4,037	4,041	60.0%
Villa Clara	Sagua la Grande	7,168	1	1	1	4,393	4,396	61.3%
Villa Clara	Camajuaní	105	0	0	0	62	62	58.8%
Villa Clara	Corralillo	2,285	1	5	0	962	968	42.4%
Villa Clara	Encrucijada	3,077	0	2	1	1,858	1,861	60.5%
Villa Clara	Quemado de Güines	544	3	2	0	384	390	71.7%
Ciego de Ávila	Baraguá	1,431	12	3	0	10	25	1.7%
Ciego de Ávila	Venezuela	1,159	0	0	0	16	17	1.4%
Ciego de Ávila	Bolivia	1,754	14	8	1	1,341	1,364	77.7%
Ciego de Ávila	Florencia	274	2	0	0	251	253	92.3%
Ciego de Ávila	Majagua	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ciego de Ávila	Morón	15,508	46	28	47	5,604	5,725	36.9%
Cienfuegos	Aguada de Pasajeros	143	0	0	1	0	1	0.8%
Cienfuegos	Ciefuegos	714	1	2	1	1	6	0.8%
Cienfuegos	Cumanayagua	97	18	0	1	0	19	19.6%
Cienfuegos	Rodas	298	6	3	4	2	16	5.2%
Granma	Bartolomé Masó	8,889	68	84	49	39	240	2.7%
Granma	Niquero	14,896	333	115	83	11	543	3.6%
Granma	Pilón	133	1	0	0	0	1	0.8%
Granma	Río Cauto	1,949	1	1	1	4	6	0.3%
Granma	Yara	2,022	2	1	0	1	4	0.2%
Granma	Buey Arriba	12,631	82	59	43	33	217	1.7%
Granma	Campechuela	266	0	0	0	9	9	3.4%
Granma	Guisa	3,028	5	2	2	4	13	0.4%
Granma	Manzanillo	452	0	0	2	0	2	0.5%
Granma	Media Luna	285	3	0	1	0	5	1.6%
Guantánamo	Baracoa	131	0	2	0	68	69	53.2%
Guantánamo	Caimanera	285	10	8	3	1	21	7.5%
Guantánamo	Guantánamo	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Guantánamo	Imías	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Guantánamo	Manuel Tames	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Holguín	Antilla	446	0	1	0	0	1	0.2%
Holguín	Mayarí	1,797	8	46	0	2	56	3.1%
Holguín	Moa	320	0	0	2	4	6	1.9%
Holguín	Rafael Freyre	379	0	2	0	4	6	1.5%
Holguín	Banes	444	0	3	0	0	4	0.9%
Holguín	Frak País	2,215	12	25	0	1	39	1.7%
Isla de la Juventud	Isla de la Juventud	57,153	67	363	126	79	634	1.1%
La Habana	Alquízar	593	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
La Habana	Artemisa	1,916	0	8	1	2	11	0.6%
La Habana	Güira de Melena	1,564	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Habana	Mariel	530	0	0	1	0	1	0.1%

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) %
Camagüey	47,946	490	306	151	7,919	8,867	18.5%
Las Tunas	5,741	46	155	3	15	219	3.8%
Matanzas	71,630	2,990	395	199	2,297	5,880	8.2%
Mayabeque	10,628	1	2	3	54	60	0.6%
Pinar del Río	97,301	523	1,341	69	449	2,382	2.4%
Sancti Spíritus	6,684	40	25	15	2,212	2,292	34.3%
Santiago de Cuba	7,203	46	21	26	26	118	1.6%
Villa Clara	19,914	8	10	5	11,696	11,719	58.8%
Ciego de Ávila	20,160	73	39	49	7,222	7,383	36.6%
Cienfuegos	1,252	26	5	7	4	41	3.3%
Granma	44,551	494	264	181	101	1,040	2.3%
Guantánamo	453	10	9	3	69	91	20.1%
Holguín	5,600	20	77	3	11	111	2.0%
Isla de la Juventud	57,153	67	363	126	79	634	1.1%
La Habana	4,603	1	8	2	2	13	0.3%

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) %
Camagüey	Santa Cruz del Sur	5,697	138	28	16	8	189	3.3%
Camagüey	Sierra de Cubitas	175	0	0	0	138	138	78.8%
Camagüey	Vertientes	6,430	75	78	9	154	317	4.9%
Camagüey	Esmeralda	2,968	7	4	53	1,547	1,612	54.3%
Camagüey	Florida	2,328	27	31	5	109	172	7.4%
Camagüey	Guáimaro	13,995	215	74	63	116	468	3.3%
Camagüey	Minas	651	3	68	0	277	348	53.5%
Camagüey	Nuevitas	15,702	24	23	5	5,571	5,623	35.8%
Las Tunas	Amancio	468	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Las Tunas	Colombia	246	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Las Tunas	Jesús Menéndez	722	0	4	0	1	5	0.7%
Las Tunas	Jobabo	656	0	3	0	0	3	0.5%
Las Tunas	Manatí	2,541	44	148	2	14	207	8.2%
Las Tunas	Puerto Padre	1,108	2	0	0	0	3	0.3%
Matanzas	Calimete	2,447	29	33	4	23	90	3.7%
Matanzas	Pedro Betancourt	250	0	0	0	5	6	2.4%
Matanzas	Unión de Reyes	5,661	2	6	0	8	16	0.3%
Matanzas	Cárdenas	1,083	1	0	1	111	114	10.5%
Matanzas	Ciénaga de Zapata	53,181	2,950	348	192	219	3,709	7.0%
Matanzas	Jagüey Grande	3,632	7	7	0	12	26	0.7%
Matanzas	Martí	5,376	1	0	0	1,917	1,918	35.7%
Mayabeque	Batabanó	1,403	0	0	0	8	9	0.6%
Mayabeque	San Nicolás	1,312	0	0	0	41	42	3.2%
Mayabeque	Güines	354	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Mayabeque	Melena del Sur	633	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Mayabeque	Nueva Paz	6,576	0	1	1	5	8	0.1%
Mayabeque	Quivicán	350	0	0	1	1	1	0.4%
Pinar del Río	Bahía Honda	2,540	6	46	5	5	62	2.5%
Pinar del Río	San Cristóbal	3,255	10	700	4	10	724	22.2%
Pinar del Río	San Juan y Martínez	591	17	2	2	1	22	3.7%
Pinar del Río	San Luis	1,829	16	7	2	3	27	1.5%
Pinar del Río	Sandino	66,957	230	46	18	109	404	0.6%
Pinar del Río	Viñales	1,219	0	53	2	0	55	4.5%
Pinar del Río	Candelaria	1,102	1	102	3	0	106	9.6%
Pinar del Río	Consolación del Sur	3,336	80	77	4	20	182	5.5%
Pinar del Río	Guane	1,057	49	4	4	0	57	5.4%
Pinar del Río	La Palma	1,920	2	52	4	3	61	3.2%
Pinar del Río	Los Palacios	2,563	56	144	7	236	443	17.3%
Pinar del Río	Mantua	5,454	4	36	7	60	107	2.0%
Pinar del Río	Minas de Matahambre	4,261	27	66	4	1	98	2.3%
Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	1,218	23	5	4	1	33	2.7%
Sancti Spíritus	La Sierpe	3,148	21	5	14	39	79	2.5%
Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	238	8	0	0	2	11	4.4%
Sancti Spíritus	Trinidad	725	8	19	0	4	32	4.4%
Sancti Spíritus	Yaguajay	2,574	2	1	1	2,167	2,171	84.4%
Santiago de Cuba	Guamá	7,203	46	21	26	26	118	1.6%
Villa Clara	Caibarién	6,734	2	0	2	4,037	4,041	60.0%
Villa Clara	Sagua la Grande	7,168	1	1	1	4,393	4,396	61.3%
Villa Clara	Camajuaní	105	0	0	0	62	62	58.8%
Villa Clara	Corralillo	2,285	1	5	0	962	968	42.4%
Villa Clara	Encrucijada	3,077	0	2	1	1,858	1,861	60.5%
Villa Clara	Quemado de Güines	544	3	2	0	384	390	71.7%
Ciego de Ávila	Baraguá	1,431	12	3	0	10	25	1.7%
Ciego de Ávila	Venezuela	1,159	0	0	0	16	17	1.4%
Ciego de Ávila	Bolivia	1,754	14	8	1	1,341	1,364	77.7%
Ciego de Ávila	Florencia	274	2	0	0	251	253	92.3%
Ciego de Ávila	Majagua	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Ciego de Ávila	Morón	15,508	46	28	47	5,604	5,725	36.9%
Cienfuegos	Aguada de Pasajeros	143	0	0	1	0	1	0.8%
Cienfuegos	Ciefuegos	714	1	2	1	1	6	0.8%
Cienfuegos	Cumanayagua	97	18	0	1	0	19	19.6%
Cienfuegos	Rodas	298	6	3	4	2	16	5.2%
Granma	Bartolomé Masó	8,889	68	84	49	39	240	2.7%
Granma	Niquero	14,896	333	115	83	11	543	3.6%
Granma	Pilón	133	1	0	0	0	1	0.8%
Granma	Río Cauto	1,949	1	1	1	4	6	0.3%
Granma	Yara	2,022	2	1	0	1	4	0.2%
Granma	Buey Arriba	12,631	82	59	43	33	217	1.7%
Granma	Campechuela	266	0	0	0	9	9	3.4%
Granma	Guisa	3,028	5	2	2	4	13	0.4%
Granma	Manzanillo	452	0	0	2	0	2	0.5%
Granma	Media Luna	285	3	0	1	0	5	1.6%
Guantánamo	Baracoa	131	0	2	0	68	69	53.2%
Guantánamo	Caimanera	285	10	8	3	1	21	7.5%
Guantánamo	Guantánamo	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Guantánamo	Imías	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Guantánamo	Manuel Tames	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Holguín	Antilla	446	0	1	0	0	1	0.2%
Holguín	Mayarí	1,797	8	46	0	2	56	3.1%
Holguín	Moa	320	0	0	2	4	6	1.9%
Holguín	Rafael Freyre	379	0	2	0	4	6	1.5%
Holguín	Banes	444	0	3	0	0	4	0.9%
Holguín	Frak País	2,215	12	25	0	1	39	1.7%
Isla de la Juventud	Isla de la Juventud	57,153	67	363	126	79	634	1.1%
La Habana	Alquízar	593	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
La Habana	Artemisa	1,916	0	8	1	2	11	0.6%
La Habana	Güira de Melena	1,564	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
La Habana	Mariel	530	0	0	1	0	1	0.1%

2019 forest data for Cuba | Archived forest data for Cuba | Forest data for Cuba

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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