Deforestation statistics for Italy
Italy: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 60,461,826 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | -0.20% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 206 |
Net migration | 148,943 |
Fertility rate | 1.3 |
Median age | 47 |
Urban population share | 69% |
Italy: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 294,140 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 9,318,998 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 31.7% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 386,817 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 4.2% |
Italy: Annual forest and tree cover data
Italy: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 9,872 2002: 10,931 2003: 3,613 2004: 17,225 2005: 10,896 2006: 8,902 2007: 11,590 2008: 15,154 2009: 14,793 2010: 15,806 2011: 11,451 2012: 21,490 2013: 15,525 2014: 19,833 2015: 14,125 2016: 24,722 2017: 34,095 2018: 38,844 2019: 59,705 2020: 28,247 |
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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Abruzzo | 351,876 | 685 | 2,732 | 1,012 | 2,182 | 6,611 | 1.9% |
Lombardia | 635,358 | 1,657 | 1,884 | 1,604 | 5,779 | 10,924 | 1.7% |
Marche | 220,563 | 551 | 1,024 | 826 | 1,682 | 4,082 | 1.9% |
Molise | 136,703 | 1,068 | 1,011 | 1,217 | 2,083 | 5,378 | 3.9% |
Piemonte | 862,735 | 2,796 | 3,690 | 2,334 | 6,445 | 15,265 | 1.8% |
Sardegna | 726,129 | 5,242 | 6,379 | 7,206 | 7,782 | 26,609 | 3.7% |
Sicily | 379,724 | 2,804 | 4,866 | 5,389 | 8,883 | 21,941 | 5.8% |
Toscana | 1,086,619 | 11,220 | 12,649 | 21,360 | 33,291 | 78,521 | 7.2% |
Trentino-Alto Adige | 743,078 | 2,874 | 3,799 | 3,461 | 29,648 | 39,781 | 5.4% |
Umbria | 290,812 | 2,953 | 3,282 | 6,008 | 9,958 | 22,202 | 7.6% |
Valle d'Aosta | 93,469 | 386 | 194 | 46 | 141 | 767 | 0.8% |
Apulia | 154,737 | 1,485 | 2,220 | 1,826 | 1,877 | 7,408 | 4.8% |
Veneto | 411,690 | 589 | 655 | 1,174 | 12,905 | 15,323 | 3.7% |
Basilicata | 317,804 | 1,888 | 1,455 | 2,525 | 4,813 | 10,681 | 3.4% |
Calabria | 670,405 | 5,023 | 8,902 | 9,212 | 19,420 | 42,557 | 6.3% |
Campania | 484,839 | 3,566 | 3,631 | 4,078 | 11,875 | 23,150 | 4.8% |
Emilia-Romagna | 552,267 | 1,021 | 1,744 | 2,909 | 5,527 | 11,201 | 2.0% |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 316,984 | 1,112 | 731 | 1,564 | 4,442 | 7,848 | 2.5% |
Lazio | 509,535 | 3,481 | 3,533 | 6,878 | 13,173 | 27,065 | 5.3% |
Liguria | 373,633 | 2,136 | 1,864 | 1,794 | 3,707 | 9,502 | 2.5% |
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) % |
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Liguria | Savona | 106,978 | 688 | 715 | 882 | 1,984 | 4,268 | 4.0% |
Abruzzo | L'Aquila | 189,991 | 313 | 1,728 | 684 | 1,769 | 4,493 | 2.4% |
Abruzzo | Pescara | 30,813 | 82 | 605 | 53 | 98 | 838 | 2.7% |
Abruzzo | Teramo | 64,616 | 112 | 190 | 181 | 232 | 714 | 1.1% |
Lombardia | Bergamo | 116,895 | 145 | 231 | 124 | 386 | 886 | 0.8% |
Lombardia | Pavia | 37,038 | 260 | 231 | 219 | 600 | 1,309 | 3.5% |
Lombardia | Sondrio | 128,476 | 287 | 333 | 178 | 1,438 | 2,237 | 1.7% |
Lombardia | Varese | 57,112 | 294 | 397 | 285 | 513 | 1,488 | 2.6% |
Lombardia | Brescia | 168,716 | 159 | 173 | 167 | 1,752 | 2,251 | 1.3% |
Lombardia | Como | 64,962 | 158 | 221 | 199 | 283 | 860 | 1.3% |
Lombardia | Cremona | 2,408 | 53 | 41 | 67 | 152 | 313 | 13.0% |
Lombardia | Lecco | 42,814 | 43 | 59 | 42 | 107 | 251 | 0.6% |
Lombardia | Lodi | 2,136 | 68 | 34 | 23 | 85 | 209 | 9.8% |
Lombardia | Mantua | 3,719 | 102 | 60 | 209 | 330 | 701 | 18.8% |
Lombardia | Milano | 7,666 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 124 | 351 | 4.6% |
Lombardia | Monza and Brianza | 3,416 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 1.9% |
Marche | Ancona | 23,454 | 56 | 51 | 46 | 64 | 217 | 0.9% |
Marche | Ascoli Piceno | 45,674 | 101 | 545 | 97 | 156 | 899 | 2.0% |
Marche | Fermo | 11,297 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 26 | 138 | 1.2% |
Marche | Macerata | 64,008 | 146 | 174 | 311 | 454 | 1,085 | 1.7% |
Marche | Pesaro E Urbino | 76,130 | 192 | 219 | 351 | 981 | 1,743 | 2.3% |
Molise | Campobasso | 55,992 | 638 | 524 | 683 | 1,059 | 2,904 | 5.2% |
Molise | Isernia | 80,711 | 430 | 487 | 534 | 1,024 | 2,474 | 3.1% |
Piemonte | Alessandria | 90,203 | 229 | 340 | 248 | 476 | 1,292 | 1.4% |
Piemonte | Asti | 37,625 | 204 | 389 | 229 | 453 | 1,275 | 3.4% |
Piemonte | Biella | 42,721 | 132 | 123 | 93 | 303 | 651 | 1.5% |
Piemonte | Cuneo | 248,220 | 1,041 | 1,588 | 962 | 2,377 | 5,968 | 2.4% |
Piemonte | Novara | 36,958 | 202 | 282 | 196 | 322 | 1,003 | 2.7% |
Piemonte | Torino | 221,973 | 734 | 688 | 383 | 2,092 | 3,896 | 1.8% |
Piemonte | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | 123,572 | 160 | 141 | 114 | 171 | 586 | 0.5% |
Piemonte | Vercelli | 61,464 | 94 | 139 | 110 | 250 | 594 | 1.0% |
Sardegna | Cagliari | 120,217 | 675 | 823 | 994 | 713 | 3,205 | 2.7% |
Sardegna | Carbonia-Iglesias | 52,979 | 214 | 267 | 346 | 346 | 1,173 | 2.2% |
Sardegna | Medio Campidano | 32,092 | 208 | 342 | 557 | 951 | 2,059 | 6.4% |
Sardegna | Nuoro | 152,483 | 1,203 | 1,554 | 2,111 | 2,126 | 6,993 | 4.6% |
Sardegna | Ogliastra | 87,308 | 914 | 805 | 628 | 847 | 3,193 | 3.7% |
Sardegna | Olbia-Tempio | 134,596 | 1,440 | 1,766 | 1,793 | 1,762 | 6,761 | 5.0% |
Sardegna | Oristano | 61,356 | 211 | 358 | 372 | 558 | 1,499 | 2.4% |
Sardegna | Sassari | 85,098 | 377 | 463 | 406 | 479 | 1,725 | 2.0% |
Sicily | Agrigento | 10,168 | 55 | 159 | 183 | 203 | 600 | 5.9% |
Sicily | Caltanissetta | 4,287 | 160 | 177 | 605 | 147 | 1,089 | 25.4% |
Sicily | Catania | 79,891 | 610 | 1,037 | 624 | 753 | 3,023 | 3.8% |
Sicily | Enna | 15,834 | 260 | 327 | 502 | 1,766 | 2,854 | 18.0% |
Sicily | Messina | 166,064 | 609 | 1,221 | 1,233 | 2,487 | 5,551 | 3.3% |
Sicily | Palermo | 69,913 | 747 | 1,514 | 1,663 | 2,518 | 6,441 | 9.2% |
Sicily | Ragusa | 5,980 | 132 | 111 | 74 | 437 | 754 | 12.6% |
Sicily | Syracuse | 19,551 | 180 | 243 | 378 | 283 | 1,084 | 5.5% |
Sicily | Trapani | 8,035 | 52 | 77 | 128 | 288 | 545 | 6.8% |
Toscana | Arezzo | 170,497 | 2,045 | 2,061 | 1,930 | 4,409 | 10,445 | 6.1% |
Toscana | Siena | 142,983 | 3,047 | 2,990 | 4,954 | 6,648 | 17,640 | 12.3% |
Toscana | Florence | 173,139 | 1,206 | 1,199 | 2,338 | 3,290 | 8,034 | 4.6% |
Toscana | Grosseto | 173,518 | 2,828 | 2,962 | 6,728 | 10,206 | 22,723 | 13.1% |
Toscana | Livorno | 48,680 | 229 | 195 | 848 | 1,673 | 2,945 | 6.0% |
Toscana | Lucca | 118,552 | 182 | 307 | 467 | 796 | 1,751 | 1.5% |
Toscana | Massa Carrara | 85,867 | 77 | 196 | 385 | 621 | 1,279 | 1.5% |
Toscana | Pisa | 94,571 | 1,428 | 2,493 | 3,105 | 4,288 | 11,314 | 12.0% |
Toscana | Pistoia | 58,073 | 135 | 194 | 330 | 870 | 1,527 | 2.6% |
Toscana | Prato | 20,738 | 43 | 52 | 275 | 491 | 862 | 4.2% |
Trentino-Alto Adige | Bolzano | 365,037 | 1,727 | 2,476 | 2,259 | 11,620 | 18,082 | 5.0% |
Trentino-Alto Adige | Trento | 378,041 | 1,146 | 1,323 | 1,201 | 18,028 | 21,698 | 5.7% |
Umbria | Perugia | 207,261 | 2,221 | 2,390 | 3,587 | 6,327 | 14,525 | 7.0% |
Umbria | Terni | 83,552 | 732 | 892 | 2,421 | 3,631 | 7,677 | 9.2% |
Valle d'Aosta | Aosta | 93,469 | 386 | 194 | 46 | 141 | 767 | 0.8% |
Apulia | Bari | 11,617 | 67 | 140 | 445 | 323 | 975 | 8.4% |
Apulia | Barletta-Andria-Trani | 9,376 | 171 | 98 | 288 | 23 | 580 | 6.2% |
Apulia | Brindisi | 5,323 | 64 | 67 | 44 | 62 | 237 | 4.5% |
Apulia | Foggia | 98,491 | 744 | 1,399 | 497 | 758 | 3,398 | 3.5% |
Apulia | Lecce | 10,256 | 238 | 167 | 255 | 330 | 990 | 9.7% |
Apulia | Taranto | 19,674 | 200 | 349 | 297 | 382 | 1,229 | 6.2% |
Veneto | Belluno | 223,247 | 368 | 351 | 740 | 8,984 | 10,443 | 4.7% |
Veneto | Padua | 5,793 | 16 | 21 | 42 | 39 | 117 | 2.0% |
Veneto | Rovigo | 3,218 | 38 | 16 | 33 | 78 | 165 | 5.1% |
Veneto | Treviso | 36,877 | 19 | 50 | 140 | 287 | 496 | 1.3% |
Veneto | Venezia | 2,335 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 70 | 3.0% |
Veneto | Verona | 44,914 | 75 | 106 | 119 | 211 | 511 | 1.1% |
Veneto | Vicenza | 95,307 | 62 | 102 | 92 | 3,264 | 3,521 | 3.7% |
Basilicata | Matera | 47,016 | 179 | 278 | 546 | 389 | 1,392 | 3.0% |
Basilicata | Potenza | 270,788 | 1,709 | 1,177 | 1,980 | 4,423 | 9,289 | 3.4% |
Calabria | Catanzaro | 104,145 | 849 | 861 | 922 | 2,409 | 5,040 | 4.8% |
Calabria | Cosenza | 335,198 | 1,987 | 2,858 | 3,783 | 10,931 | 19,558 | 5.8% |
Calabria | Crotone | 37,062 | 567 | 600 | 829 | 998 | 2,993 | 8.1% |
Calabria | Reggio Di Calabria | 145,442 | 1,290 | 3,953 | 3,081 | 3,535 | 11,860 | 8.2% |
Calabria | Vibo Valentia | 48,557 | 330 | 630 | 597 | 1,547 | 3,106 | 6.4% |
Campania | Avellino | 104,128 | 574 | 522 | 552 | 1,644 | 3,292 | 3.2% |
Campania | Benevento | 48,227 | 392 | 242 | 286 | 566 | 1,486 | 3.1% |
Campania | Caserta | 67,906 | 708 | 832 | 871 | 2,122 | 4,533 | 6.7% |
Campania | Napoli | 26,052 | 73 | 55 | 112 | 1,954 | 2,194 | 8.4% |
Campania | Salerno | 238,527 | 1,820 | 1,979 | 2,258 | 5,588 | 11,645 | 4.9% |
Emilia-Romagna | Bologna | 90,664 | 183 | 396 | 717 | 954 | 2,250 | 2.5% |
Emilia-Romagna | Ferrara | 5,026 | 61 | 49 | 46 | 141 | 297 | 5.9% |
Emilia-Romagna | Forli' - Cesena | 89,203 | 82 | 172 | 299 | 479 | 1,032 | 1.2% |
Emilia-Romagna | Modena | 68,840 | 171 | 235 | 326 | 539 | 1,270 | 1.8% |
Emilia-Romagna | Parma | 138,108 | 208 | 469 | 874 | 1,996 | 3,547 | 2.6% |
Emilia-Romagna | Piacenza | 79,321 | 170 | 212 | 272 | 703 | 1,356 | 1.7% |
Emilia-Romagna | Ravenna | 18,873 | 53 | 56 | 132 | 125 | 366 | 1.9% |
Emilia-Romagna | Reggio Nell'Emilia | 59,423 | 88 | 145 | 241 | 585 | 1,059 | 1.8% |
Emilia-Romagna | Rimini | 2,809 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0.9% |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Gorizia | 7,533 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 37 | 112 | 1.5% |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Pordenone | 75,652 | 100 | 58 | 174 | 428 | 761 | 1.0% |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Trieste | 13,125 | 30 | 70 | 19 | 28 | 147 | 1.1% |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Udine | 220,674 | 958 | 576 | 1,346 | 3,949 | 6,829 | 3.1% |
Lazio | Frosinone | 116,424 | 595 | 693 | 1,299 | 1,723 | 4,310 | 3.7% |
Lazio | Latina | 35,563 | 151 | 279 | 387 | 840 | 1,657 | 4.7% |
Lazio | Rieti | 143,275 | 622 | 1,018 | 1,698 | 3,211 | 6,550 | 4.6% |
Lazio | Roma | 136,053 | 1,086 | 915 | 1,687 | 3,667 | 7,354 | 5.4% |
Lazio | Viterbo | 78,221 | 1,028 | 628 | 1,806 | 3,732 | 7,194 | 9.2% |
Liguria | Genova | 133,421 | 891 | 247 | 242 | 759 | 2,139 | 1.6% |
Liguria | Imperia | 68,471 | 359 | 216 | 136 | 321 | 1,033 | 1.5% |
Liguria | La Spezia | 64,763 | 198 | 687 | 534 | 643 | 2,062 | 3.2% |
Abruzzo | Chieti | 66,457 | 179 | 211 | 94 | 83 | 566 | 0.9% |
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2019 forest data for Italy | Archived forest data for Italy | Forest data for Italy
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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