Deforestation statistics for Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago: Demographic data

Population (2022)	1,399,488
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.30%
Population density (people/sq km)	273
Net migration	-800
Fertility rate	1.7
Median age	36
Urban population share	52%

Trinidad and Tobago: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 5,130

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 391,845
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 76.40%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 22,804
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 5.80%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 153,657
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 30.00%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 39.20%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 2,452
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 1.60%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 151,205
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 29.50%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 39%

Trinidad and Tobago: Annual forest and tree cover data

Trinidad and Tobago: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 73
2003: 50
2004: 152
2005: 94
2006: 121
2007: 134
2008: 139
2009: 119
2010: 358
2011: 66
2012: 94
2013: 103
2014: 149
2015: 100
2016: 153
2017: 139
2018: 136
2019: 126
2020: 145

Trinidad and Tobago: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 1,829
2002: 726
2003: 726
2004: 734
2005: 1,229
2006: 1,756
2007: 1,109
2008: 1,270
2009: 1,377
2010: 3,407
2011: 375
2012: 714
2013: 759
2014: 1,569
2015: 668
2016: 1,351
2017: 739
2018: 947
2019: 658
2020: 860

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) %
Arima	102	5	7	1	2	14	13.8%
San Fernando	76	2	3	0	0	5	7.2%
San Juan-Laventille	15,968	171	210	93	131	605	3.8%
Sangre Grande	85,351	762	1,691	920	1,112	4,484	5.3%
Siparia	40,992	1,152	1,482	763	829	4,225	10.3%
Tobago	25,662	172	272	379	311	1,134	4.4%
Tunapuna/Piarco	38,509	203	454	181	221	1,059	2.7%
Chaguanas	460	26	19	3	1	50	10.8%
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo	45,562	833	1,403	440	562	3,237	7.1%
Diego Martin	10,675	40	51	33	52	175	1.6%
Mayaro/Rio Claro	73,501	332	1,119	478	631	2,560	3.5%
Penal-Debe	10,153	497	821	180	150	1,649	16.2%
Point Fortin	1,512	46	45	92	32	214	14.1%
Port of Spain	27	1	0	0	0	2	5.7%
Princes Town	43,294	1,003	1,343	523	523	3,392	7.8%

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
Arima	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.1%
San Fernando	21	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
San Juan-Laventille	11,093	28	117	36	67	248	2.2%
Sangre Grande	39,584	83	173	120	165	541	1.4%
Siparia	12,568	144	195	129	200	667	5.3%
Tobago	7,991	5	5	5	18	33	0.4%
Tunapuna/Piarco	26,739	33	120	63	69	285	1.1%
Chaguanas	223	0	0	1	1	1	0.6%
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo	7,154	31	117	51	57	256	3.6%
Diego Martin	6,209	5	13	6	12	37	0.6%
Mayaro/Rio Claro	27,667	22	62	38	41	163	0.6%
Penal-Debe	1,201	2	4	2	0	8	0.7%
Point Fortin	54	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Port of Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Princes Town	13,150	17	64	61	69	212	1.6%

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2019 forest data for Trinidad and Tobago | Archived forest data for Trinidad and Tobago | Forest data for Trinidad and Tobago

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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