Deforestation statistics for Mauritius

Mauritius: Demographic data

Population (2022)	1,271,768
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.20%
Population density (people/sq km)	626
Net migration	-
Fertility rate	1.4
Median age	37
Urban population share	41%

Mauritius: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 2,030

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 71,305
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 35.1%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 3,052
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 4.3%

Mauritius: Annual forest and tree cover data

Mauritius: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 157
2002: 154
2003: 120
2004: 329
2005: 174
2006: 142
2007: 132
2008: 189
2009: 242
2010: 23
2011: 487
2012: 152
2013: 219
2014: 532
2015: 0
2016: 0
2017: 0
2018: 0
2019: 0
2020: 0

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 (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Agalega Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Saint Brandon	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Savanne	12,533	176	161	283	620	4.9%
Black River	13,034	89	81	244	414	3.2%
Flacq	9,847	141	144	210	495	5.0%
Grand Port	9,009	187	103	230	520	5.8%
Moka	10,046	202	122	184	508	5.1%
Pamplemousses	3,555	39	37	88	164	4.6%
Plaines Wilhems	9,282	79	53	90	221	2.4%
Port Louis	1,483	5	1	11	17	1.2%
Rivière du Rempart	2,517	17	25	50	93	3.7%

2019 forest data for Mauritius | Archived forest data for Mauritius | Forest data for Mauritius

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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