Deforestation statistics for Guatemala
Guatemala: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 17,915,568 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 1.90% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 167 |
Net migration | -9,215 |
Fertility rate | 2.9 |
Median age | 23 |
Urban population share | 52% |
Guatemala: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 107,160 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 7,693,465 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 71.80% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,581,068 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 20.60% |
Tropical primary forest Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 2,583,222 Primary forest extent as % of land area: 24.10% Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 33.60% Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 519,344 Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 20.10% Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 2,063,878 Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 19.30% Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 27% |
Guatemala: Annual forest and tree cover data
Guatemala: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2002: 16,082 2003: 24,305 2004: 17,270 2005: 33,388 2006: 18,337 2007: 46,827 2008: 29,728 2009: 37,529 2010: 22,750 2011: 17,213 2012: 27,789 2013: 19,871 2014: 18,237 2015: 16,722 2016: 63,225 2017: 22,036 2018: 18,330 2019: 30,255 2020: 39,451 |
Guatemala: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 53,310 2002: 55,601 2003: 98,174 2004: 56,449 2005: 100,829 2006: 52,558 2007: 126,557 2008: 77,173 2009: 86,945 2010: 59,668 2011: 40,587 2012: 84,045 2013: 55,149 2014: 61,831 2015: 54,147 2016: 178,397 2017: 79,732 2018: 71,161 2019: 90,198 2020: 98,556 |
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) % |
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Alta Verapaz | 921,726 | 19,961 | 38,466 | 48,167 | 115,195 | 221,789 | 24.1% |
Jalapa | 88,936 | 1,989 | 1,752 | 1,344 | 1,304 | 6,389 | 7.2% |
Jutiapa | 103,436 | 3,096 | 1,583 | 938 | 1,097 | 6,715 | 6.5% |
Petén | 3,051,733 | 265,171 | 257,124 | 149,844 | 244,313 | 916,452 | 30.0% |
Quezaltenango | 123,513 | 1,290 | 2,823 | 2,941 | 3,560 | 10,612 | 8.6% |
Quiché | 542,401 | 11,216 | 21,214 | 18,505 | 30,743 | 81,678 | 15.1% |
Retalhuleu | 46,331 | 879 | 1,412 | 873 | 2,031 | 5,196 | 11.2% |
Sacatepéquez | 39,369 | 550 | 686 | 796 | 1,189 | 3,220 | 8.2% |
San Marcos | 230,414 | 1,321 | 2,779 | 2,614 | 3,183 | 9,897 | 4.3% |
Santa Rosa | 160,649 | 3,059 | 3,783 | 2,000 | 2,825 | 11,667 | 7.3% |
Sololá | 79,807 | 635 | 774 | 545 | 653 | 2,607 | 3.3% |
Baja Verapaz | 190,984 | 5,249 | 5,097 | 2,987 | 5,833 | 19,167 | 10.0% |
Suchitepéquez | 110,283 | 2,610 | 4,251 | 3,883 | 5,427 | 16,171 | 14.7% |
Totonicapán | 61,429 | 797 | 1,056 | 631 | 450 | 2,934 | 4.8% |
Zacapa | 157,847 | 2,642 | 2,182 | 2,192 | 5,940 | 12,956 | 8.2% |
Chimaltenango | 131,224 | 2,898 | 3,397 | 2,803 | 3,903 | 13,001 | 9.9% |
Chiquimula | 115,161 | 2,715 | 1,592 | 1,441 | 1,749 | 7,497 | 6.5% |
El Progreso | 83,644 | 1,223 | 1,669 | 1,174 | 1,075 | 5,141 | 6.1% |
Escuintla | 159,519 | 2,157 | 2,851 | 3,373 | 3,761 | 12,142 | 7.6% |
Guatemala | 119,769 | 2,832 | 4,163 | 3,189 | 3,071 | 13,255 | 11.1% |
Huehuetenango | 519,971 | 7,183 | 12,602 | 10,556 | 12,738 | 43,078 | 8.3% |
Izabal | 655,308 | 24,888 | 31,646 | 34,963 | 68,004 | 159,502 | 24.3% |
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) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alta Verapaz | Chahal | 8,439 | 185 | 410 | 408 | 2,683 | 3,686 | 43.7% |
Alta Verapaz | Santa Cruz Verapaz | 1,353 | 41 | 92 | 82 | 116 | 330 | 24.4% |
Alta Verapaz | Santa María Cahabón | 20,983 | 387 | 773 | 942 | 3,790 | 5,892 | 28.1% |
Alta Verapaz | Senahú | 18,221 | 347 | 489 | 501 | 2,526 | 3,862 | 21.2% |
Alta Verapaz | Tactic | 2,971 | 92 | 185 | 64 | 104 | 444 | 14.9% |
Alta Verapaz | Tamahú | 2,494 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 75 | 149 | 6.0% |
Alta Verapaz | Tucurú | 3,018 | 24 | 96 | 73 | 156 | 350 | 11.6% |
Alta Verapaz | Chisec | 72,283 | 1,101 | 3,633 | 4,022 | 5,341 | 14,097 | 19.5% |
Alta Verapaz | Cobán | 74,947 | 1,134 | 4,649 | 3,980 | 5,837 | 15,600 | 20.8% |
Alta Verapaz | Fray Bartolomé de las Casas | 25,105 | 278 | 1,064 | 937 | 4,934 | 7,213 | 28.7% |
Alta Verapaz | Lanquín | 1,330 | 16 | 38 | 60 | 170 | 284 | 21.4% |
Alta Verapaz | Panzós | 25,588 | 224 | 275 | 326 | 1,014 | 1,839 | 7.2% |
Alta Verapaz | San Cristóbal Verapaz | 7,971 | 135 | 430 | 345 | 570 | 1,480 | 18.6% |
Alta Verapaz | San Juan Chamelco | 3,091 | 22 | 53 | 50 | 85 | 210 | 6.8% |
Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carchá | 25,636 | 362 | 926 | 1,282 | 3,064 | 5,634 | 22.0% |
Jutiapa | Moyuta | 685 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 4.8% |
Jutiapa | Pasaco | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.6% |
Petén | Dolores | 65,277 | 7,800 | 11,773 | 6,274 | 6,701 | 32,547 | 49.9% |
Petén | San Luis | 90,947 | 3,064 | 6,999 | 7,458 | 12,895 | 30,416 | 33.4% |
Petén | Santa Ana | 20,105 | 1,921 | 3,002 | 1,765 | 2,094 | 8,782 | 43.7% |
Petén | Sayaxché | 59,605 | 9,478 | 15,436 | 6,200 | 4,910 | 36,024 | 60.4% |
Petén | Flores | 327,856 | 2,633 | 4,242 | 3,595 | 4,360 | 14,831 | 4.5% |
Petén | La Libertad | 218,683 | 25,341 | 29,984 | 13,827 | 22,276 | 91,428 | 41.8% |
Petén | Melchor de Mencos | 167,473 | 2,478 | 5,440 | 4,161 | 4,575 | 16,654 | 9.9% |
Petén | Poptún | 64,531 | 3,678 | 5,833 | 4,982 | 9,962 | 24,455 | 37.9% |
Petén | San Andrés | 426,612 | 14,734 | 29,339 | 13,253 | 29,717 | 87,043 | 20.4% |
Petén | San Benito | 774 | 109 | 148 | 63 | 79 | 399 | 51.6% |
Petén | San Francisco | 16,644 | 1,857 | 2,603 | 1,453 | 2,436 | 8,348 | 50.2% |
Petén | San José | 143,997 | 907 | 2,247 | 1,550 | 4,088 | 8,792 | 6.1% |
Quezaltenango | Almolonga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7% |
Quezaltenango | Huitán | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Quezaltenango | La Esperanza | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.6% |
Quezaltenango | Olintepeque | 326 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Quezaltenango | Ostuncalco | 2,524 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0.6% |
Quezaltenango | Palestina de Los Altos | 634 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.9% |
Quezaltenango | Quetzaltenango | 2,172 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 69 | 3.2% |
Quezaltenango | San Carlos Sija | 984 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1.4% |
Quezaltenango | San Francisco La Unión | 283 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14.4% |
Quezaltenango | San Martín Sacatepéquez | 6,427 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 68 | 1.1% |
Quezaltenango | San Mateo | 437 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.8% |
Quezaltenango | San Miguel Sigüilá | 302 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9.9% |
Quezaltenango | Sibilia | 282 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.0% |
Quezaltenango | Zunil | 4,190 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 0.9% |
Quezaltenango | Cajolá | 350 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1.9% |
Quezaltenango | Cantel | 1,633 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0.6% |
Quezaltenango | Colomba | 866 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 1.8% |
Quezaltenango | Concepción Chiquirichapa | 617 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.3% |
Quezaltenango | El Palmar | 2,134 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 50 | 2.3% |
Quiché | Nebaj | 17,970 | 156 | 348 | 263 | 550 | 1,317 | 7.3% |
Quiché | Patzité | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Quiché | San Juan Cotzal | 2,030 | 28 | 79 | 36 | 43 | 185 | 9.1% |
Quiché | Chajul | 37,202 | 227 | 840 | 1,151 | 2,317 | 4,535 | 12.2% |
Quiché | Uspantán | 14,739 | 79 | 335 | 327 | 786 | 1,528 | 10.4% |
Quiché | Chicaman | 14,428 | 102 | 310 | 447 | 1,059 | 1,918 | 13.3% |
Quiché | Chichicastenango | 1,653 | 50 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 130 | 7.8% |
Quiché | Cunén | 3,984 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 36 | 107 | 2.7% |
Quiché | Ixcán | 34,110 | 1,218 | 3,532 | 2,549 | 1,821 | 9,121 | 26.7% |
Retalhuleu | Champerico | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
Retalhuleu | Retalhuleu | 4,100 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 45 | 1.1% |
Retalhuleu | San Andrés Villa Seca | 361 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Sacatepéquez | Alotenango | 2,194 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 72 | 3.3% |
Sacatepéquez | San Miguel Dueñas | 958 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 4.0% |
Sacatepéquez | Santa María de Jesús | 497 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 5.3% |
Sacatepéquez | Antigua Guatemala | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Sacatepéquez | Ciudad Vieja | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3% |
San Marcos | La Reforma | 1,467 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 3.7% |
San Marcos | Nuevo Progreso | 1,032 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1.2% |
San Marcos | Ocos | 663 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 3.9% |
San Marcos | San Antonio Sacatepéquez | 836 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.8% |
San Marcos | San Cristobal Cucho | 108 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2% |
San Marcos | San Lorenzo | 490 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.7% |
San Marcos | San Marcos | 3,292 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 0.9% |
San Marcos | San Pablo | 2,088 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 58 | 2.8% |
San Marcos | San Pedro Sacatepéquez | 1,556 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 1.0% |
San Marcos | San Rafaél Pie de la Cuesta | 191 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.1% |
San Marcos | San Sibinal | 864 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1.1% |
San Marcos | Tacaná | 2,646 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 1.9% |
San Marcos | Tajumulco | 1,651 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 1.4% |
San Marcos | Comitancillo | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.3% |
San Marcos | El Quetzal | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 5.7% |
San Marcos | El Tumbador | 1,700 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 2.0% |
San Marcos | Esquipulas Palo Gordo | 2,696 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 41 | 1.5% |
San Marcos | Ixchiguan | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% |
Santa Rosa | Taxisco | 390 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7.4% |
Santa Rosa | Chiquimulilla | 2,388 | 41 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 3.0% |
Sololá | San Pedro La Laguna | 1,654 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 73 | 4.4% |
Sololá | Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan | 2,264 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 1.2% |
Sololá | Santa Lucía Utatlán | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Sololá | Santa María Visitación | 435 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5% |
Sololá | Santiago Atitlán | 5,968 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 77 | 1.3% |
Sololá | Sololá | 1,409 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 2.2% |
Sololá | Nahualá | 2,548 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 1.5% |
Sololá | San Andrés Semetabaj | 211 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5.3% |
Sololá | San Juan La Laguna | 776 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.3% |
Sololá | San Lucas Tolimán | 474 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2.1% |
Baja Verapaz | Purulhá | 6,545 | 29 | 94 | 97 | 283 | 504 | 7.7% |
Baja Verapaz | Salamá | 18,905 | 79 | 145 | 234 | 254 | 712 | 3.8% |
Baja Verapaz | San Jerónimo | 6,401 | 33 | 101 | 76 | 225 | 436 | 6.8% |
Suchitepéquez | Chicacao | 2,547 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 79 | 3.1% |
Suchitepéquez | San Lorenzo | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Suchitepéquez | Santa Bárbara | 1,951 | 105 | 49 | 26 | 36 | 216 | 11.1% |
Suchitepéquez | Santo Domingo Suchitepequez | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2% |
Suchitepéquez | Zunilito | 638 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 3.0% |
Suchitepéquez | Patulul | 2,008 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 61 | 3.1% |
Totonicapán | Momostenango | 459 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 49 | 10.7% |
Totonicapán | San Francisco El Alto | 502 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 10.8% |
Totonicapán | Santa María Chiquimula | 3,699 | 43 | 48 | 42 | 48 | 181 | 4.9% |
Totonicapán | Totonicapán | 8,648 | 66 | 49 | 15 | 22 | 151 | 1.7% |
Zacapa | Zacapa | 883 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 54 | 6.1% |
Zacapa | Gualán | 14,343 | 76 | 104 | 135 | 394 | 709 | 4.9% |
Zacapa | La Unión | 4,148 | 22 | 26 | 98 | 148 | 295 | 7.1% |
Zacapa | Río Hondo | 7,602 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 98 | 118 | 1.5% |
Zacapa | Teculután | 6,823 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 158 | 177 | 2.6% |
Zacapa | Usumatlán | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.7% |
Chimaltenango | Acatenango | 908 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 3.6% |
Chimaltenango | San José Poaquil | 225 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 15.0% |
Chimaltenango | Santa Apolonia | 1,365 | 88 | 82 | 48 | 48 | 267 | 19.5% |
Chimaltenango | Tecpán Guatemala | 6,486 | 314 | 262 | 211 | 238 | 1,025 | 15.8% |
Chimaltenango | Yepocapa | 3,313 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 47 | 1.4% |
Chimaltenango | Zaragoza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Chimaltenango | Comalapa | 907 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 42 | 106 | 11.7% |
Chimaltenango | Patzicía | 513 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 3.2% |
Chimaltenango | Patzún | 2,554 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 63 | 2.4% |
Chimaltenango | Pochuta | 527 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.0% |
Chimaltenango | San Andrés Itzapa | 1,401 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 2.3% |
Chiquimula | Camotán | 260 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5.0% |
Chiquimula | Concepción Las Minas | 1,853 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0.5% |
Chiquimula | Esquipulas | 2,298 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 79 | 3.4% |
Chiquimula | Jocotán | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.8% |
El Progreso | Morazán | 692 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 3.8% |
El Progreso | San Agustín Acasaguastlán | 2,864 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 33 | 84 | 2.9% |
El Progreso | San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán | 5,061 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 79 | 1.6% |
Escuintla | Escuintla | 2,248 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 54 | 2.4% |
Escuintla | Tiquisate | 134 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.4% |
Escuintla | Guanagazapa | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Escuintla | Iztapa | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
Escuintla | La Gomera | 1,360 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0.6% |
Escuintla | Nueva Concepción | 154 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.4% |
Escuintla | Palín | 976 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1.6% |
Escuintla | San José | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% |
Huehuetenango | Aguacatán | 860 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 4.7% |
Huehuetenango | Nentón | 8,171 | 57 | 242 | 122 | 222 | 642 | 7.9% |
Huehuetenango | San Juan Ixcoy | 5,805 | 9 | 38 | 91 | 135 | 273 | 4.7% |
Huehuetenango | San Mateo Ixtatán | 16,448 | 73 | 155 | 310 | 431 | 969 | 5.9% |
Huehuetenango | San Pedro Necta | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.0% |
Huehuetenango | Chiantla | 1,330 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 2.1% |
Huehuetenango | Santa Cruz Barillas | 48,719 | 1,166 | 3,307 | 2,419 | 2,852 | 9,743 | 20.0% |
Huehuetenango | Santa Eulalia | 6,403 | 55 | 133 | 131 | 159 | 479 | 7.5% |
Huehuetenango | Soloma | 1,559 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 2.5% |
Huehuetenango | Tectitán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Huehuetenango | Cuilco | 4,545 | 51 | 67 | 55 | 51 | 223 | 4.9% |
Huehuetenango | La Democracia | 428 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 39 | 9.1% |
Huehuetenango | La Libertad | 751 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 5.0% |
Izabal | El Estor | 94,535 | 2,410 | 3,611 | 4,587 | 11,944 | 22,552 | 23.9% |
Izabal | Livingston | 75,949 | 1,660 | 3,729 | 3,676 | 8,714 | 17,778 | 23.4% |
Izabal | Los Amates | 15,629 | 307 | 590 | 365 | 799 | 2,061 | 13.2% |
Izabal | Morales | 24,013 | 878 | 1,747 | 723 | 1,280 | 4,627 | 19.3% |
Izabal | NA | 642 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 2.8% |
Izabal | Puerto Barrios | 32,914 | 2,252 | 3,236 | 2,558 | 1,316 | 9,361 | 28.4% |
Izabal | San Luis | 24,225 | 533 | 1,029 | 710 | 1,322 | 3,595 | 14.8% |
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) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alta Verapaz | 293,431 | 4,360 | 13,146 | 13,099 | 30,466 | 61,071 | 20.8% |
Jutiapa | 910 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 3.8% |
Petén | 1,602,503 | 74,000 | 117,047 | 64,580 | 104,094 | 359,720 | 22.4% |
Quezaltenango | 24,202 | 73 | 143 | 96 | 81 | 393 | 1.6% |
Quiché | 126,125 | 1,875 | 5,513 | 4,824 | 6,630 | 18,841 | 14.9% |
Retalhuleu | 4,971 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 46 | 0.9% |
Sacatepéquez | 4,152 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 89 | 138 | 3.3% |
San Marcos | 21,537 | 45 | 110 | 68 | 153 | 377 | 1.7% |
Santa Rosa | 2,778 | 64 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 102 | 3.7% |
Sololá | 15,744 | 73 | 62 | 45 | 102 | 282 | 1.8% |
Baja Verapaz | 31,851 | 142 | 340 | 408 | 762 | 1,652 | 5.2% |
Suchitepéquez | 7,583 | 135 | 90 | 53 | 99 | 377 | 5.0% |
Totonicapán | 13,307 | 128 | 104 | 131 | 73 | 436 | 3.3% |
Zacapa | 33,884 | 106 | 147 | 256 | 848 | 1,356 | 4.0% |
Chimaltenango | 18,200 | 461 | 404 | 342 | 420 | 1,627 | 8.9% |
Chiquimula | 4,476 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 103 | 2.3% |
El Progreso | 8,617 | 39 | 25 | 30 | 96 | 190 | 2.2% |
Escuintla | 5,919 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 20 | 88 | 1.5% |
Huehuetenango | 95,122 | 1,451 | 3,982 | 3,186 | 3,898 | 12,517 | 13.2% |
Izabal | 267,908 | 8,041 | 13,945 | 12,624 | 25,383 | 59,993 | 22.4% |
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) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alta Verapaz | Chahal | 8,439 | 185 | 410 | 408 | 2,683 | 3,686 | 43.7% |
Alta Verapaz | Santa Cruz Verapaz | 1,353 | 41 | 92 | 82 | 116 | 330 | 24.4% |
Alta Verapaz | Santa María Cahabón | 20,983 | 387 | 773 | 942 | 3,790 | 5,892 | 28.1% |
Alta Verapaz | Senahú | 18,221 | 347 | 489 | 501 | 2,526 | 3,862 | 21.2% |
Alta Verapaz | Tactic | 2,971 | 92 | 185 | 64 | 104 | 444 | 14.9% |
Alta Verapaz | Tamahú | 2,494 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 75 | 149 | 6.0% |
Alta Verapaz | Tucurú | 3,018 | 24 | 96 | 73 | 156 | 350 | 11.6% |
Alta Verapaz | Chisec | 72,283 | 1,101 | 3,633 | 4,022 | 5,341 | 14,097 | 19.5% |
Alta Verapaz | Cobán | 74,947 | 1,134 | 4,649 | 3,980 | 5,837 | 15,600 | 20.8% |
Alta Verapaz | Fray Bartolomé de las Casas | 25,105 | 278 | 1,064 | 937 | 4,934 | 7,213 | 28.7% |
Alta Verapaz | Lanquín | 1,330 | 16 | 38 | 60 | 170 | 284 | 21.4% |
Alta Verapaz | Panzós | 25,588 | 224 | 275 | 326 | 1,014 | 1,839 | 7.2% |
Alta Verapaz | San Cristóbal Verapaz | 7,971 | 135 | 430 | 345 | 570 | 1,480 | 18.6% |
Alta Verapaz | San Juan Chamelco | 3,091 | 22 | 53 | 50 | 85 | 210 | 6.8% |
Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carchá | 25,636 | 362 | 926 | 1,282 | 3,064 | 5,634 | 22.0% |
Jutiapa | Moyuta | 685 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 4.8% |
Jutiapa | Pasaco | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.6% |
Petén | Dolores | 65,277 | 7,800 | 11,773 | 6,274 | 6,701 | 32,547 | 49.9% |
Petén | San Luis | 90,947 | 3,064 | 6,999 | 7,458 | 12,895 | 30,416 | 33.4% |
Petén | Santa Ana | 20,105 | 1,921 | 3,002 | 1,765 | 2,094 | 8,782 | 43.7% |
Petén | Sayaxché | 59,605 | 9,478 | 15,436 | 6,200 | 4,910 | 36,024 | 60.4% |
Petén | Flores | 327,856 | 2,633 | 4,242 | 3,595 | 4,360 | 14,831 | 4.5% |
Petén | La Libertad | 218,683 | 25,341 | 29,984 | 13,827 | 22,276 | 91,428 | 41.8% |
Petén | Melchor de Mencos | 167,473 | 2,478 | 5,440 | 4,161 | 4,575 | 16,654 | 9.9% |
Petén | Poptún | 64,531 | 3,678 | 5,833 | 4,982 | 9,962 | 24,455 | 37.9% |
Petén | San Andrés | 426,612 | 14,734 | 29,339 | 13,253 | 29,717 | 87,043 | 20.4% |
Petén | San Benito | 774 | 109 | 148 | 63 | 79 | 399 | 51.6% |
Petén | San Francisco | 16,644 | 1,857 | 2,603 | 1,453 | 2,436 | 8,348 | 50.2% |
Petén | San José | 143,997 | 907 | 2,247 | 1,550 | 4,088 | 8,792 | 6.1% |
Quezaltenango | Almolonga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7% |
Quezaltenango | Huitán | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Quezaltenango | La Esperanza | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.6% |
Quezaltenango | Olintepeque | 326 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Quezaltenango | Ostuncalco | 2,524 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0.6% |
Quezaltenango | Palestina de Los Altos | 634 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.9% |
Quezaltenango | Quetzaltenango | 2,172 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 69 | 3.2% |
Quezaltenango | San Carlos Sija | 984 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1.4% |
Quezaltenango | San Francisco La Unión | 283 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14.4% |
Quezaltenango | San Martín Sacatepéquez | 6,427 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 68 | 1.1% |
Quezaltenango | San Mateo | 437 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.8% |
Quezaltenango | San Miguel Sigüilá | 302 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9.9% |
Quezaltenango | Sibilia | 282 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.0% |
Quezaltenango | Zunil | 4,190 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 0.9% |
Quezaltenango | Cajolá | 350 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1.9% |
Quezaltenango | Cantel | 1,633 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0.6% |
Quezaltenango | Colomba | 866 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 1.8% |
Quezaltenango | Concepción Chiquirichapa | 617 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.3% |
Quezaltenango | El Palmar | 2,134 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 50 | 2.3% |
Quiché | Nebaj | 17,970 | 156 | 348 | 263 | 550 | 1,317 | 7.3% |
Quiché | Patzité | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Quiché | San Juan Cotzal | 2,030 | 28 | 79 | 36 | 43 | 185 | 9.1% |
Quiché | Chajul | 37,202 | 227 | 840 | 1,151 | 2,317 | 4,535 | 12.2% |
Quiché | Uspantán | 14,739 | 79 | 335 | 327 | 786 | 1,528 | 10.4% |
Quiché | Chicaman | 14,428 | 102 | 310 | 447 | 1,059 | 1,918 | 13.3% |
Quiché | Chichicastenango | 1,653 | 50 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 130 | 7.8% |
Quiché | Cunén | 3,984 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 36 | 107 | 2.7% |
Quiché | Ixcán | 34,110 | 1,218 | 3,532 | 2,549 | 1,821 | 9,121 | 26.7% |
Retalhuleu | Champerico | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
Retalhuleu | Retalhuleu | 4,100 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 45 | 1.1% |
Retalhuleu | San Andrés Villa Seca | 361 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Sacatepéquez | Alotenango | 2,194 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 72 | 3.3% |
Sacatepéquez | San Miguel Dueñas | 958 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 4.0% |
Sacatepéquez | Santa María de Jesús | 497 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 5.3% |
Sacatepéquez | Antigua Guatemala | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Sacatepéquez | Ciudad Vieja | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3% |
San Marcos | La Reforma | 1,467 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 3.7% |
San Marcos | Nuevo Progreso | 1,032 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1.2% |
San Marcos | Ocos | 663 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 3.9% |
San Marcos | San Antonio Sacatepéquez | 836 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.8% |
San Marcos | San Cristobal Cucho | 108 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2% |
San Marcos | San Lorenzo | 490 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.7% |
San Marcos | San Marcos | 3,292 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 0.9% |
San Marcos | San Pablo | 2,088 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 58 | 2.8% |
San Marcos | San Pedro Sacatepéquez | 1,556 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 1.0% |
San Marcos | San Rafaél Pie de la Cuesta | 191 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.1% |
San Marcos | San Sibinal | 864 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1.1% |
San Marcos | Tacaná | 2,646 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 1.9% |
San Marcos | Tajumulco | 1,651 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 1.4% |
San Marcos | Comitancillo | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.3% |
San Marcos | El Quetzal | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 5.7% |
San Marcos | El Tumbador | 1,700 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 2.0% |
San Marcos | Esquipulas Palo Gordo | 2,696 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 41 | 1.5% |
San Marcos | Ixchiguan | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% |
Santa Rosa | Taxisco | 390 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7.4% |
Santa Rosa | Chiquimulilla | 2,388 | 41 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 3.0% |
Sololá | San Pedro La Laguna | 1,654 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 73 | 4.4% |
Sololá | Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan | 2,264 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 1.2% |
Sololá | Santa Lucía Utatlán | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Sololá | Santa María Visitación | 435 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5% |
Sololá | Santiago Atitlán | 5,968 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 77 | 1.3% |
Sololá | Sololá | 1,409 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 2.2% |
Sololá | Nahualá | 2,548 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 1.5% |
Sololá | San Andrés Semetabaj | 211 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5.3% |
Sololá | San Juan La Laguna | 776 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.3% |
Sololá | San Lucas Tolimán | 474 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2.1% |
Baja Verapaz | Purulhá | 6,545 | 29 | 94 | 97 | 283 | 504 | 7.7% |
Baja Verapaz | Salamá | 18,905 | 79 | 145 | 234 | 254 | 712 | 3.8% |
Baja Verapaz | San Jerónimo | 6,401 | 33 | 101 | 76 | 225 | 436 | 6.8% |
Suchitepéquez | Chicacao | 2,547 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 79 | 3.1% |
Suchitepéquez | San Lorenzo | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Suchitepéquez | Santa Bárbara | 1,951 | 105 | 49 | 26 | 36 | 216 | 11.1% |
Suchitepéquez | Santo Domingo Suchitepequez | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2% |
Suchitepéquez | Zunilito | 638 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 3.0% |
Suchitepéquez | Patulul | 2,008 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 61 | 3.1% |
Totonicapán | Momostenango | 459 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 49 | 10.7% |
Totonicapán | San Francisco El Alto | 502 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 10.8% |
Totonicapán | Santa María Chiquimula | 3,699 | 43 | 48 | 42 | 48 | 181 | 4.9% |
Totonicapán | Totonicapán | 8,648 | 66 | 49 | 15 | 22 | 151 | 1.7% |
Zacapa | Zacapa | 883 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 54 | 6.1% |
Zacapa | Gualán | 14,343 | 76 | 104 | 135 | 394 | 709 | 4.9% |
Zacapa | La Unión | 4,148 | 22 | 26 | 98 | 148 | 295 | 7.1% |
Zacapa | Río Hondo | 7,602 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 98 | 118 | 1.5% |
Zacapa | Teculután | 6,823 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 158 | 177 | 2.6% |
Zacapa | Usumatlán | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.7% |
Chimaltenango | Acatenango | 908 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 3.6% |
Chimaltenango | San José Poaquil | 225 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 15.0% |
Chimaltenango | Santa Apolonia | 1,365 | 88 | 82 | 48 | 48 | 267 | 19.5% |
Chimaltenango | Tecpán Guatemala | 6,486 | 314 | 262 | 211 | 238 | 1,025 | 15.8% |
Chimaltenango | Yepocapa | 3,313 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 47 | 1.4% |
Chimaltenango | Zaragoza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Chimaltenango | Comalapa | 907 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 42 | 106 | 11.7% |
Chimaltenango | Patzicía | 513 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 3.2% |
Chimaltenango | Patzún | 2,554 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 63 | 2.4% |
Chimaltenango | Pochuta | 527 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.0% |
Chimaltenango | San Andrés Itzapa | 1,401 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 2.3% |
Chiquimula | Camotán | 260 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5.0% |
Chiquimula | Concepción Las Minas | 1,853 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0.5% |
Chiquimula | Esquipulas | 2,298 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 79 | 3.4% |
Chiquimula | Jocotán | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.8% |
El Progreso | Morazán | 692 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 3.8% |
El Progreso | San Agustín Acasaguastlán | 2,864 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 33 | 84 | 2.9% |
El Progreso | San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán | 5,061 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 79 | 1.6% |
Escuintla | Escuintla | 2,248 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 54 | 2.4% |
Escuintla | Tiquisate | 134 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.4% |
Escuintla | Guanagazapa | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Escuintla | Iztapa | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
Escuintla | La Gomera | 1,360 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0.6% |
Escuintla | Nueva Concepción | 154 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.4% |
Escuintla | Palín | 976 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1.6% |
Escuintla | San José | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% |
Huehuetenango | Aguacatán | 860 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 4.7% |
Huehuetenango | Nentón | 8,171 | 57 | 242 | 122 | 222 | 642 | 7.9% |
Huehuetenango | San Juan Ixcoy | 5,805 | 9 | 38 | 91 | 135 | 273 | 4.7% |
Huehuetenango | San Mateo Ixtatán | 16,448 | 73 | 155 | 310 | 431 | 969 | 5.9% |
Huehuetenango | San Pedro Necta | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.0% |
Huehuetenango | Chiantla | 1,330 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 2.1% |
Huehuetenango | Santa Cruz Barillas | 48,719 | 1,166 | 3,307 | 2,419 | 2,852 | 9,743 | 20.0% |
Huehuetenango | Santa Eulalia | 6,403 | 55 | 133 | 131 | 159 | 479 | 7.5% |
Huehuetenango | Soloma | 1,559 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 2.5% |
Huehuetenango | Tectitán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Huehuetenango | Cuilco | 4,545 | 51 | 67 | 55 | 51 | 223 | 4.9% |
Huehuetenango | La Democracia | 428 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 39 | 9.1% |
Huehuetenango | La Libertad | 751 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 5.0% |
Izabal | El Estor | 94,535 | 2,410 | 3,611 | 4,587 | 11,944 | 22,552 | 23.9% |
Izabal | Livingston | 75,949 | 1,660 | 3,729 | 3,676 | 8,714 | 17,778 | 23.4% |
Izabal | Los Amates | 15,629 | 307 | 590 | 365 | 799 | 2,061 | 13.2% |
Izabal | Morales | 24,013 | 878 | 1,747 | 723 | 1,280 | 4,627 | 19.3% |
Izabal | NA | 642 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 2.8% |
Izabal | Puerto Barrios | 32,914 | 2,252 | 3,236 | 2,558 | 1,316 | 9,361 | 28.4% |
Izabal | San Luis | 24,225 | 533 | 1,029 | 710 | 1,322 | 3,595 | 14.8% |
2019 forest data for Guatemala | Archived forest data for Guatemala | Forest data for Guatemala
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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