Deforestation statistics for Syria



Syria: Demographic data

Population (2022)17,500,658
Annual population growth rate (2022)2.50%
Population density (people/sq km)95
Net migration-427,391
Fertility rate2.8
Median age26
Urban population share60%


Syria: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 183,630
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 105,940
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 0.6%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 23,718
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 22.4%


Syria: Annual forest and tree cover data

Syria: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 267
2002: 148
2003: 115
2004: 107
2005: 792
2006: 281
2007: 1,577
2008: 834
2009: 131
2010: 241
2011: 156
2012: 5,371
2013: 1,270
2014: 958
2015: 2,393
2016: 1,813
2017: 2,147
2018: 903
2019: 1,177
2020: 3,038




Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1Tree 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)
%
Al Ḥasakah4576360153.3%
Idlib4,918942121,4388302,57452.3%
Lattakia54,4481,0342,3386,0932,95712,42322.8%
Quneitra1000000.0%
Rif Dimashq175401052.9%
Tartus10,15584712054828418.3%
Aleppo7,28754157782685567.6%
Ar Raqqah1,612161740372.3%
As Suwayda'1000000.0%
Damascus1000000.0%
Dar`a30000001.3%
Dayr Az Zawr134432085.9%
Hamah24,2221232582,2664,3416,98828.9%
Hims2,4991065520027010.8%




Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1Admin area 2Tree 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)
%
HimsTalkalakh1,959754919826013.3%
Al ḤasakahAl-Malikiyah33210039.1%
Al ḤasakahAl Qamishli11000000.0%
Al ḤasakahRa's al-'Ayn340000010.3%
IdlibArihah401072922.5%
IdlibHarem21951972210.0%
IdlibIdlib230100120.9%
IdlibJisr ash-Shugur4,366882111,4218212,54158.2%
IdlibMa'arrat al-Numan62000000.0%
LattakiaAl-Haffah13,8171101658231,2782,37717.2%
LattakiaJableh1,69022171843995.9%
LattakiaLatakia33,6208752,1235,2111,4079,61628.6%
LattakiaQardaha5,3212733422283316.2%
QuneitraQuneitra1000000.0%
Rif DimashqAl-Qutayfah0000000.0%
Rif DimashqAn-Nabk0000000.0%
Rif DimashqAt-Tall0000000.0%
Rif DimashqDarayya0000000.0%
Rif DimashqDuma0000000.0%
Rif DimashqMarkaz Rif Dimashq284000414.3%
Rif DimashqQatana13000000.0%
Rif DimashqYabrud0000000.0%
Rif DimashqZabadani134000000.0%
TartusAsh-Shaykh Badr1,0417276222.1%
TartusBaniyas4,50735331052594329.6%
TartusDuraykish1,2951032347836.4%
TartusSafita1,7241665512820411.8%
TartusTartus1,589162715431006.3%
Aleppo'Ayn al-'Arab1,76856150261.5%
AleppoA'zaz60110035.0%
AleppoAfrin3,305251383226546013.9%
AleppoAl Bab548210130.5%
AleppoAs-Safirah21001014.8%
AleppoJabal Sam'an30422211268.6%
AleppoJarabulus119003043.4%
AleppoManbij1,16118951332.8%
Ar RaqqahAr-Raqqah1,325141330302.3%
Ar RaqqahAth-Thawrah160121042.5%
Ar RaqqahTal Abyad128110021.6%
As Suwayda'As-Suwayda1000000.0%
As Suwayda'Salkhad0000000.0%
As Suwayda'Shahba0000000.0%
DamascusDamascus1000000.0%
Dar`aAs-Sanamayn14000000.0%
Dar`aDaraa6000000.0%
Dar`aIzra'9000000.0%
Dayr Az ZawrAbu Kamal101100220.0%
Dayr Az ZawrDeir ez-Zor120312065.0%
Dayr Az ZawrMayadin4000000.0%
HamahAs-Suqaylabiyah17,9011102472,0003,2605,61731.4%
HamahHama55000111.8%
HamahMasyaf6,24313102661,0801,36921.9%
HamahMuhardeh23000014.3%
HamahSalamiyah0000000.0%
HimsAl-Mukharram0000000.0%
HimsAl-Qusayr262050623.1%
HimsAr-Rastan5000000.0%
HimsHims509211140.8%
HimsPalmyra0000000.0%
Al ḤasakahAl-Hasakah7332601115.1%


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2019 forest data for Syria | Archived forest data for Syria | Forest data for Syria

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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