Deforestation statistics for Guyana

Guyana: Demographic data

Population (2022)	786,552
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.50%
Population density (people/sq km)	4
Net migration	-6,000
Fertility rate	2.5
Median age	27
Urban population share	27%

Guyana: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 196,850

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 18,996,039
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 96.50%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 220,821
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 1.20%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 17,293,024
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 87.80%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 91.00%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 135,389
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 0.80%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 17,157,635
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 87.20%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 90%

Guyana: Annual forest and tree cover data

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

Year: Hectares
2002: 2,825
2003: 4,216
2004: 2,630
2005: 3,579
2006: 3,744
2007: 3,346
2008: 6,377
2009: 4,929
2010: 6,656
2011: 5,831
2012: 8,942
2013: 4,512
2014: 7,790
2015: 8,463
2016: 16,689
2017: 13,505
2018: 7,628
2019: 12,964
2020: 10,763

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

Year: Hectares
2001: 10,040
2002: 4,827
2003: 7,419
2004: 4,062
2005: 5,832
2006: 5,934
2007: 5,250
2008: 9,460
2009: 8,267
2010: 10,099
2011: 8,363
2012: 13,112
2013: 7,117
2014: 12,154
2015: 13,084
2016: 26,512
2017: 19,434
2018: 11,761
2019: 22,324
2020: 15,770

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) %
Barima-Waini	1,917,948	2,358	5,007	5,098	11,708	24,171	1.3%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	4,610,312	4,673	4,440	7,214	15,574	31,900	0.7%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	4,607,340	7,414	12,042	20,102	29,845	69,404	1.5%
Demerara-Mahaica	112,181	1,998	1,393	1,699	3,760	8,850	7.9%
East Berbice-Corentyne	3,345,314	2,034	3,169	4,908	4,802	14,913	0.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	272,492	1,643	2,583	2,368	4,039	10,633	3.9%
Mahaica-Berbice	222,534	1,748	661	726	2,039	5,174	2.3%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	552,520	1,715	2,152	1,319	3,404	8,590	1.6%
Potaro-Siparuni	1,822,029	1,890	4,331	4,830	9,700	20,751	1.1%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	1,533,363	6,707	3,231	5,566	10,930	26,434	1.7%

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) %
Barima-Waini	Barima / Amakura	459,506	244	854	631	2,083	3,812	0.8%
Barima-Waini	Mabaruma / Kumaka / Hosororo	18,612	2	3	2	64	71	0.4%
Barima-Waini	Matthews Ridge / Arakaka (Matakai) / Port Kaituma	69,810	55	317	459	691	1,521	2.2%
Barima-Waini	Rest of Region 1	690,541	315	1,517	1,796	3,683	7,311	1.1%
Barima-Waini	Waini	405,159	144	435	345	871	1,794	0.4%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Aishalton - Karaudanawa, Achiwib	119,213	323	341	423	1,055	2,141	1.8%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Ireng / Sawariwau (Including St. Ignatius)	76,515	302	396	274	2,652	3,624	4.7%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Marudi	112,618	41	130	130	303	604	0.5%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Rest of Region 9	3,681,158	796	1,087	2,222	3,258	7,364	0.2%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Sand Creek - Dadanawa, Catunarib, Sawariwau	52,783	61	85	79	719	944	1.8%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Toka - Jakaretinga	3,828	7	6	14	59	86	2.2%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Yakarinta - Wowetta, Surama	200,626	239	257	559	1,108	2,163	1.1%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Yarong Paru - Good Hope	100,287	102	191	282	802	1,377	1.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Agatash	660	7	7	36	53	103	15.6%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Arau	17,572	37	111	138	392	678	3.9%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Bartica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Jawalla, Kubenang River	51,417	100	202	218	933	1,454	2.8%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Kamarang	167,056	209	300	365	897	1,771	1.1%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Karambaru to Kukui River + Phillipi	241,979	579	965	1,257	2,969	5,770	2.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Paruima	140,033	44	92	104	285	526	0.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Rest of Region 7	3,682,526	3,489	7,951	14,218	19,802	45,461	1.2%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Waramadan	11,621	65	124	99	203	491	4.2%
Demerara-Mahaica	Soesdyke-Linden highway (including Timehri)	15,586	101	162	225	235	723	4.6%
Demerara-Mahaica	St. Cuthberts / Orange Nassau (Mahaica River)	15,957	79	75	25	105	284	1.8%
Demerara-Mahaica	Te Huist Coverden / Soesdyke	903	10	6	15	15	46	5.1%
Demerara-Mahaica	Vereeniging / Unity	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Demerara-Mahaica	Demerara Conservancy	2,978	0	4	1	9	14	0.5%
Demerara-Mahaica	Foulis / Buxton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Demerara-Mahaica	Good Success / Caledonia	247	0	2	10	2	14	5.6%
Demerara-Mahaica	Grove / Haslington	11	0	0	0	0	0	2.7%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Hampshire / Kilcoy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Hogstye / Lancaster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Jackson Creek / Crabwood Creek	161	0	118	5	1	124	76.5%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Joppa / Macedonia	18	0	0	0	9	9	49.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	New Amsterdam	23	0	0	0	0	0	1.3%
East Berbice-Corentyne	No. 38 / Ordnance Fortlands	339	0	7	4	0	12	3.4%
East Berbice-Corentyne	No.51 Village / Good Hope	430	0	0	1	4	4	1.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	No.74 Village / No.52 Village	95	0	0	2	4	6	6.2%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Borlam ( No.37 ) / Kintyre	894	1	2	2	84	88	9.8%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Corentyne River	435,459	850	894	1,430	1,475	4,648	1.1%
East Berbice-Corentyne	East Bank Berbice	2,678,784	132	241	1,459	712	2,544	0.1%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Enfield / New Doe Park	138	0	0	1	3	4	2.9%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Fyrish / Gibraltar	7	0	0	0	0	0	5.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Amsterdam (Demerara River) / Vriesland	74,476	87	113	84	300	583	0.8%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Lower West Demerara	72,248	105	257	210	375	947	1.3%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Nouvelle Flanders / La Jalousie	13	0	0	0	3	3	22.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Patentia / Toevlugt	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.3%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Sparta / Bonasika and Rest of Essequibo Islands	1,436	53	130	77	41	301	20.9%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Wakenaam (Essequibo Islands)	45	0	0	0	2	2	4.6%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Bonasika / Boerasirie	63,247	365	821	317	506	2,009	3.2%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Canals Polder	66	10	8	0	0	18	27.0%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Klein Pouderoyen / Best	21	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Leguan (Essequibo Islands )	449	0	0	4	2	6	1.3%
Mahaica-Berbice	Tempe / Seafield	36	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	West bank Berbice	23,924	15	22	29	56	122	0.5%
Mahaica-Berbice	Woodley Park / Bath	104	3	2	0	0	5	4.6%
Mahaica-Berbice	Bel Air / Woodlands	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.7%
Mahaica-Berbice	Chance / Hamlet	214	0	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	Farm / Woodlands	472	0	1	6	4	11	2.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	Gelderland / No. 3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Mahaica-Berbice	Naarstigheid / Union	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Mahaica-Berbice	Rising Sun / Profit	37,536	311	110	56	180	658	1.8%
Mahaica-Berbice	Rosignol / Zeelust	10	0	0	0	0	0	2.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	St. Francis Mission	27,518	135	92	43	176	445	1.6%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Charity / Urasara	162,882	111	438	154	932	1,635	1.0%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Good Hope / Pomona	89	0	5	8	1	14	15.4%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Paradise / Evergreen (including Somerset and Berks)	53	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Riverstown / Annandale	33,923	75	215	112	218	620	1.8%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Supernaam River, Bethany and Mashabo Villages	270,683	736	591	154	122	1,604	0.6%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Zorg-en-Vlygt / Aberdeen	128	11	14	2	4	31	23.8%
Potaro-Siparuni	Chenapau River	9,747	3	3	6	10	22	0.2%
Potaro-Siparuni	Kaibarupai	7,449	14	18	41	132	205	2.7%
Potaro-Siparuni	Kopanang, Waipa, Kenepai	32,268	98	161	176	571	1,007	3.1%
Potaro-Siparuni	Madhia + Kurubrong River + Mona Falls	246,147	198	815	1,338	1,854	4,205	1.7%
Potaro-Siparuni	Maripari River + Kurukabaru	54,845	196	342	275	1,171	1,984	3.6%
Potaro-Siparuni	Monkey Mountain	6,803	34	62	58	201	355	5.2%
Potaro-Siparuni	Paramakatoi	24,795	106	261	166	632	1,165	4.7%
Potaro-Siparuni	Rest of Region 8	1,366,451	430	1,838	1,893	3,376	7,537	0.6%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Berbice River Settlements	305,374	443	502	1,154	1,783	3,883	1.3%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Coomaka Lands	72,268	330	162	117	830	1,438	2.0%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Ituni	53,755	12	29	76	59	175	0.3%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Kwakwani	32,802	147	206	410	349	1,112	3.4%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Linden	5,517	21	25	37	168	250	4.5%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Mabura Hills	188,989	48	152	288	214	703	0.4%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Makouria River	96,023	60	72	92	93	317	0.3%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Rest of Region 10	564,591	760	707	1,323	1,642	4,432	0.8%

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) %
Barima-Waini	1,643,628	759	3,124	3,234	7,392	14,510	0.9%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	4,347,028	1,870	2,493	3,984	9,956	18,303	0.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	4,312,865	4,530	9,751	16,436	25,535	56,253	1.3%
Demerara-Mahaica	35,698	191	249	276	366	1,081	3.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	3,116,350	983	1,261	2,903	2,292	7,439	0.2%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	212,005	619	1,330	691	1,229	3,869	1.8%
Mahaica-Berbice	89,864	464	227	134	417	1,242	1.4%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	467,759	933	1,263	430	1,278	3,903	0.8%
Potaro-Siparuni	1,748,504	1,079	3,500	3,951	7,948	16,478	0.9%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	1,319,319	1,822	1,854	3,497	5,137	12,310	0.9%

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) %
Barima-Waini	Barima / Amakura	459,506	244	854	631	2,083	3,812	0.8%
Barima-Waini	Mabaruma / Kumaka / Hosororo	18,612	2	3	2	64	71	0.4%
Barima-Waini	Matthews Ridge / Arakaka (Matakai) / Port Kaituma	69,810	55	317	459	691	1,521	2.2%
Barima-Waini	Rest of Region 1	690,541	315	1,517	1,796	3,683	7,311	1.1%
Barima-Waini	Waini	405,159	144	435	345	871	1,794	0.4%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Aishalton - Karaudanawa, Achiwib	119,213	323	341	423	1,055	2,141	1.8%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Ireng / Sawariwau (Including St. Ignatius)	76,515	302	396	274	2,652	3,624	4.7%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Marudi	112,618	41	130	130	303	604	0.5%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Rest of Region 9	3,681,158	796	1,087	2,222	3,258	7,364	0.2%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Sand Creek - Dadanawa, Catunarib, Sawariwau	52,783	61	85	79	719	944	1.8%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Toka - Jakaretinga	3,828	7	6	14	59	86	2.2%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Yakarinta - Wowetta, Surama	200,626	239	257	559	1,108	2,163	1.1%
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo	Yarong Paru - Good Hope	100,287	102	191	282	802	1,377	1.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Agatash	660	7	7	36	53	103	15.6%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Arau	17,572	37	111	138	392	678	3.9%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Bartica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Jawalla, Kubenang River	51,417	100	202	218	933	1,454	2.8%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Kamarang	167,056	209	300	365	897	1,771	1.1%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Karambaru to Kukui River + Phillipi	241,979	579	965	1,257	2,969	5,770	2.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Paruima	140,033	44	92	104	285	526	0.4%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Rest of Region 7	3,682,526	3,489	7,951	14,218	19,802	45,461	1.2%
Cuyuni-Mazaruni	Waramadan	11,621	65	124	99	203	491	4.2%
Demerara-Mahaica	Soesdyke-Linden highway (including Timehri)	15,586	101	162	225	235	723	4.6%
Demerara-Mahaica	St. Cuthberts / Orange Nassau (Mahaica River)	15,957	79	75	25	105	284	1.8%
Demerara-Mahaica	Te Huist Coverden / Soesdyke	903	10	6	15	15	46	5.1%
Demerara-Mahaica	Vereeniging / Unity	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Demerara-Mahaica	Demerara Conservancy	2,978	0	4	1	9	14	0.5%
Demerara-Mahaica	Foulis / Buxton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Demerara-Mahaica	Good Success / Caledonia	247	0	2	10	2	14	5.6%
Demerara-Mahaica	Grove / Haslington	11	0	0	0	0	0	2.7%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Hampshire / Kilcoy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Hogstye / Lancaster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Jackson Creek / Crabwood Creek	161	0	118	5	1	124	76.5%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Joppa / Macedonia	18	0	0	0	9	9	49.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	New Amsterdam	23	0	0	0	0	0	1.3%
East Berbice-Corentyne	No. 38 / Ordnance Fortlands	339	0	7	4	0	12	3.4%
East Berbice-Corentyne	No.51 Village / Good Hope	430	0	0	1	4	4	1.0%
East Berbice-Corentyne	No.74 Village / No.52 Village	95	0	0	2	4	6	6.2%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Borlam ( No.37 ) / Kintyre	894	1	2	2	84	88	9.8%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Corentyne River	435,459	850	894	1,430	1,475	4,648	1.1%
East Berbice-Corentyne	East Bank Berbice	2,678,784	132	241	1,459	712	2,544	0.1%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Enfield / New Doe Park	138	0	0	1	3	4	2.9%
East Berbice-Corentyne	Fyrish / Gibraltar	7	0	0	0	0	0	5.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Amsterdam (Demerara River) / Vriesland	74,476	87	113	84	300	583	0.8%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Lower West Demerara	72,248	105	257	210	375	947	1.3%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Nouvelle Flanders / La Jalousie	13	0	0	0	3	3	22.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Patentia / Toevlugt	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.3%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Sparta / Bonasika and Rest of Essequibo Islands	1,436	53	130	77	41	301	20.9%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Wakenaam (Essequibo Islands)	45	0	0	0	2	2	4.6%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Bonasika / Boerasirie	63,247	365	821	317	506	2,009	3.2%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Canals Polder	66	10	8	0	0	18	27.0%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Klein Pouderoyen / Best	21	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Leguan (Essequibo Islands )	449	0	0	4	2	6	1.3%
Mahaica-Berbice	Tempe / Seafield	36	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	West bank Berbice	23,924	15	22	29	56	122	0.5%
Mahaica-Berbice	Woodley Park / Bath	104	3	2	0	0	5	4.6%
Mahaica-Berbice	Bel Air / Woodlands	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.7%
Mahaica-Berbice	Chance / Hamlet	214	0	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	Farm / Woodlands	472	0	1	6	4	11	2.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	Gelderland / No. 3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Mahaica-Berbice	Naarstigheid / Union	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Mahaica-Berbice	Rising Sun / Profit	37,536	311	110	56	180	658	1.8%
Mahaica-Berbice	Rosignol / Zeelust	10	0	0	0	0	0	2.4%
Mahaica-Berbice	St. Francis Mission	27,518	135	92	43	176	445	1.6%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Charity / Urasara	162,882	111	438	154	932	1,635	1.0%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Good Hope / Pomona	89	0	5	8	1	14	15.4%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Paradise / Evergreen (including Somerset and Berks)	53	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Riverstown / Annandale	33,923	75	215	112	218	620	1.8%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Supernaam River, Bethany and Mashabo Villages	270,683	736	591	154	122	1,604	0.6%
Pomeroon-Supenaam	Zorg-en-Vlygt / Aberdeen	128	11	14	2	4	31	23.8%
Potaro-Siparuni	Chenapau River	9,747	3	3	6	10	22	0.2%
Potaro-Siparuni	Kaibarupai	7,449	14	18	41	132	205	2.7%
Potaro-Siparuni	Kopanang, Waipa, Kenepai	32,268	98	161	176	571	1,007	3.1%
Potaro-Siparuni	Madhia + Kurubrong River + Mona Falls	246,147	198	815	1,338	1,854	4,205	1.7%
Potaro-Siparuni	Maripari River + Kurukabaru	54,845	196	342	275	1,171	1,984	3.6%
Potaro-Siparuni	Monkey Mountain	6,803	34	62	58	201	355	5.2%
Potaro-Siparuni	Paramakatoi	24,795	106	261	166	632	1,165	4.7%
Potaro-Siparuni	Rest of Region 8	1,366,451	430	1,838	1,893	3,376	7,537	0.6%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Berbice River Settlements	305,374	443	502	1,154	1,783	3,883	1.3%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Coomaka Lands	72,268	330	162	117	830	1,438	2.0%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Ituni	53,755	12	29	76	59	175	0.3%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Kwakwani	32,802	147	206	410	349	1,112	3.4%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Linden	5,517	21	25	37	168	250	4.5%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Mabura Hills	188,989	48	152	288	214	703	0.4%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Makouria River	96,023	60	72	92	93	317	0.3%
Upper Demerara-Berbice	Rest of Region 10	564,591	760	707	1,323	1,642	4,432	0.8%

2019 forest data for Guyana | Archived forest data for Guyana | Forest data for Guyana

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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