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Global deforestation rates from 2000 through 2005, listed by country
These figures are derived from data provided in "Forest Resources Assessment 2005" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Country by Country Deforestation Rates .
Country / Region Forest cover 1990 Forest cover 2000 Forest cover 2005 Change in forest cover 1990-2000 Change in forest cover 2000-2005 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha/yr 1000 ha/yr Total World 4,077,498 3,988,649 3,952,063 -8,885 -7,317 Total South America 891,036 852,796 831,540 -3,824 -4,251 Total Africa 699,361 655,613 635,412 -4,375 -4,040 Brazil 520,027 493,213 477,698 -2,681 -3,103 Total South and Southeast Asia 323,156 297,380 283,127 -2,578 -2,851 Indonesia 116,567 97,852 88,495 -1,872 -1,871 Total Eastern and Southern Africa 252,354 235,047 226,534 -1,731 -1,702 Total Western and Central Africa 300,914 284,608 277,829 -1,631 -1,356 Total Northern Africa 146,093 135,958 131,048 -1,013 -982 Sudan 76,381 70,491 67,546 -589 -589 Myanmar 39,219 34,554 32,222 -466 -466 Zambia 49,124 44,676 42,452 -445 -445 Tanzania 41,441 37,318 35,257 -412 -412 Nigeria 17,234 13,137 11,089 -410 -410 Total Oceania 212,514 208,034 206,254 -448 -356 Total North and Central America 710,790 707,514 705,849 -328 -333 Democratic Republic of the Congo 140,531 135,207 133,610 -532 -319 Zimbabwe 22,234 19,105 17,540 -313 -313 Venezuela 52,026 49,151 47,713 -288 -288 Total Central America 27,639 23,837 22,411 -380 -285 Bolivia 62,795 60,091 58,740 -270 -270 Mexico 69,016 65,540 64,238 -348 -260 Cameroon 24,545 22,345 21,245 -220 -220 Cambodia 12,946 11,541 10,447 -140 -219 Ecuador 13,817 11,841 10,853 -198 -198 Australia 167,904 164,645 163,678 -326 -193 Paraguay 21,157 19,368 18,475 -179 -179 Philippines 10,574 7,949 7,162 -262 -157 Honduras 7,385 5,430 4,648 -196 -156 Argentina 35,262 33,770 33,021 -149 -150 Ethiopia 15,114 13,705 13,000 -141 -141 Malaysia 22,376 21,591 20,890 -78 -140 Papua New Guinea 31,523 30,132 29,437 -139 -139 North Korea 8,201 6,821 6,187 -138 -127 Angola 60,976 59,728 59,104 -125 -125 Botswana 13,718 12,535 11,943 -118 -118 Ghana 7,448 6,094 5,517 -135 -115 Total North America 677,801 677,971 677,464 17 -101 Mali 14,072 13,072 12,572 -100 -100 Russian Federation 808,950 809,268 808,790 32 -96 Peru 70,156 69,213 68,742 -94 -94 Uganda 4,924 4,059 3,627 -86 -86 Mongolia 11,492 10,665 10,252 -83 -83 Chad 13,110 12,317 11,921 -79 -79 Lao PDR 17,314 16,532 16,142 -78 -78 Somalia 8,282 7,515 7,131 -77 -77 Namibia 8,762 8,033 7,661 -73 -74 Nicaragua 6,538 5,539 5,189 -100 -70 Benin 3,322 2,675 2,351 -65 -65 Liberia 4,058 3,455 3,154 -60 -60 Thailand 15,965 14,814 14,520 -115 -59 Guatemala 4,748 4,208 3,938 -54 -54 Nepal 4,817 3,900 3,636 -92 -53 Mozambique 20,012 19,512 19,262 -50 -50 Colombia 61,439 60,963 60,728 -48 -47 Senegal 9,348 8,898 8,673 -45 -45 Pakistan 2,527 2,116 1,902 -41 -43 Solomon Islands 2,768 2,371 2,172 -40 -40 Madagascar 13,692 13,023 12,838 -67 -37 Guinea 7,408 6,904 6,724 -50 -36 Malawi 3,896 3,567 3,402 -33 -33 Central African Republic 23,203 22,903 22,755 -30 -30 Afghanistan 1,309 1,015 867 -29 -30 Sri Lanka 2,350 2,082 1,933 -27 -30 Burkina Faso 7,154 6,914 6,794 -24 -24 Togo 685 486 386 -20 -20 Sierra Leone 3,044 2,851 2,754 -19 -19 Congo 22,726 22,556 22,471 -17 -17 Equatorial Guinea 1,860 1,708 1,632 -15 -15 Niger 1,945 1,328 1,266 -62 -12 Kenya 3,708 3,582 3,522 -13 -12 Timor-Leste 966 854 798 -11 -11 Gabon 21,927 21,826 21,775 -10 -10 Guinea-Bissau 2,216 2,120 2,072 -10 -10 Mauritania 415 317 267 -10 -10 Burundi 289 198 152 -9 -9 South Korea 6,371 6,300 6,265 -7 -7 Kazakhstan 3,422 3,365 3,337 -6 -6 El Salvador 375 324 298 -5 -5 Armenia 336 344 321 1 -5 Eritrea 1,621 1,576 1,554 -4 -4 Panama 4,376 4,307 4,294 -7 -3 Japan 24,950 24,876 24,868 -7 -2 Brunei Darussalam 313 288 278 -2 -2 Haiti 116 109 105 -1 -1 French Guiana 8,091 8,063 8,063 -3 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,210 2,185 2,185 -2 0 Belgium 677 667 667 -1 0 Canada 310,134 310,134 310,134 0 0 Suriname 14,776 14,776 14,776 0 0 Iran 11,075 11,075 11,075 0 0 South Africa 9,203 9,203 9,203 0 0 Turkmenistan 4,127 4,127 4,127 0 0 Saudi Arabia 2,728 2,728 2,728 0 0 Belize 1,653 1,653 1,653 0 0 Dominican Republic 1,376 1,376 1,376 0 0 Western Sahara 1,011 1,011 1,011 0 0 Azerbaijan 936 936 936 0 0 Macedonia 906 906 906 0 0 New Caledonia 717 717 717 0 0 Yemen 549 549 549 0 0 Bahamas 515 515 515 0 0 Vanuatu 440 440 440 0 0 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 217 217 217 0 0 French Polynesia 105 105 105 0 0 Jordan 83 83 83 0 0 Micronesia, Federated States of 63 63 63 0 0 Martinique 46 46 46 0 0 Seychelles 40 40 40 0 0 Turks and Caicos Islands 34 34 34 0 0 Sao Tome and Principe 27 27 27 0 0 Saint Lucia 17 17 17 0 0 Andorra 16 16 16 0 0 Cayman Islands 12 12 12 0 0 Antigua and Barbuda 9 9 9 0 0 Palestine, Occupied Territories 9 9 9 0 0 Anguilla 6 6 6 0 0 Djibouti 6 6 6 0 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 5 5 0 0 Montserrat 4 4 4 0 0 Pitcairn 4 4 4 0 0 Tonga 4 4 4 0 0 British Indian Ocean Territory 3 3 3 0 0 Isle of Man 3 3 3 0 0 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 3 3 0 0 Barbados 2 2 2 0 0 Kiribati 2 2 2 0 0 Oman 2 2 2 0 0 Saint Helena 2 2 2 0 0 Singapore 2 2 2 0 0 Bermuda 1 1 1 0 0 Channel Islands 1 1 1 0 0 Maldives 1 1 1 0 0 Netherlands Antilles 1 1 1 0 0 Tuvalu 1 1 1 0 0 Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 Holy See 0 0 0 0 0 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 South Georgia - S. Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 Fiji 979 1,000 1,000 2 0 Samoa 130 171 171 4 0 Aruba n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 Bahrain n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. Faeroe Islands n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 Greenland n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 Malta n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 Qatar n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 San Marino n.s. n.s. n.s. 0 0 Marshall Islands - - - - - Guyana 15,104 15,104 15,104 n.s. 0 Georgia 2,760 2,760 2,760 n.s. n.s. Slovakia 1,922 1,921 1,929 n.s. 2 Bangladesh 882 884 871 n.s. -2 Tajikistan 408 410 410 n.s. 0 Puerto Rico 404 407 408 n.s. n.s. Jamaica 345 341 339 n.s. n.s. Luxembourg 86 87 87 n.s. 0 Réunion 87 87 84 n.s. -1 Guadeloupe 84 81 80 n.s. n.s. Dominica 50 47 46 n.s. n.s. Palau 38 40 40 n.s. n.s. Mauritius 39 38 37 n.s. n.s. Northern Mariana Islands 35 34 33 n.s. n.s. Guam 26 26 26 n.s. 0 American Samoa 18 18 18 n.s. n.s. Cook Islands 15 16 16 n.s. 0 Niue 17 15 14 n.s. n.s. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 10 11 n.s. n.s. United States Virgin Islands 12 10 10 n.s. n.s. Lesotho 5 7 8 n.s. n.s. Liechtenstein 6 7 7 n.s. 0 Kuwait 3 5 6 n.s. n.s. Comoros 12 8 5 n.s. -1 Mayotte 6 6 5 n.s. n.s. Wallis and Futuna Islands 6 5 5 n.s. n.s. British Virgin Islands 4 4 4 n.s. n.s. Grenada 4 4 4 n.s. 0 Trinidad and Tobago 235 228 226 -1 n.s. Cyprus 161 173 174 1 n.s. Cape Verde 58 82 84 2 n.s. United Arab Emirates 245 310 312 6 n.s. Germany 10,741 11,076 11,076 34 0 Romania 6,371 6,366 6,370 0 1 Croatia 2,116 2,129 2,135 1 1 Iraq 804 818 822 1 1 Republic of Moldova 319 326 329 1 1 Israel 154 164 171 1 1 Lebanon 121 131 136 1 1 Netherlands 345 360 365 2 1 Czech Republic 2,630 2,637 2,648 1 2 Iceland 25 38 46 1 2 Kyrgyzstan 836 858 869 2 2 Gambia 442 461 471 2 2 Egypt 44 59 67 2 2 Costa Rica 2,564 2,376 2,391 -19 3 Denmark 445 486 500 4 3 Switzerland 1,155 1,199 1,221 4 4 Albania 789 769 794 -2 5 Slovenia 1,188 1,239 1,264 5 5 Swaziland 472 518 541 5 5 Austria 3,776 3,838 3,862 6 5 Finland 22,194 22,475 22,500 28 5 Syrian Arab Republic 372 432 461 6 6 Morocco 4,289 4,328 4,364 4 7 Estonia 2,163 2,243 2,284 8 8 Serbia and Montenegro 2,559 2,649 2,694 9 9 Belarus 7,376 7,848 7,894 47 9 United Kingdom 2,611 2,793 2,845 18 10 Sweden 27,367 27,474 27,528 11 11 Bhutan 3,035 3,141 3,195 11 11 Latvia 2,775 2,885 2,941 11 11 Ireland 441 609 669 17 12 Ukraine 9,274 9,510 9,575 24 13 Hungary 1,801 1,907 1,976 11 14 Total Western and Central Asia 43,166 43,558 43,626 39 14 Côte d'Ivoire 10,222 10,328 10,405 11 15 Lithuania 1,945 2,020 2,099 8 16 Norway 9,130 9,301 9,387 17 17 Uzbekistan 3,045 3,212 3,295 17 17 New Zealand 7,720 8,226 8,309 51 17 Uruguay 1,123 1,409 1,506 29 19 Tunisia 643 959 1,056 32 19 Turkey 9,680 10,052 10,175 37 25 Rwanda 318 344 480 3 27 Poland 8,881 9,059 9,192 18 27 Algeria 1,790 2,144 2,277 35 27 India 63,939 67,554 67,701 362 29 Greece 3,299 3,601 3,752 30 30 Portugal 3,099 3,583 3,783 48 40 France 14,538 15,351 15,554 81 41 Bulgaria 3,327 3,375 3,625 5 50 Total Caribbean 5,350 5,706 5,974 36 54 Cuba 2,058 2,435 2,713 38 56 Chile 15,263 15,834 16,121 57 57 Italy 8,383 9,447 9,979 106 106 United States of America 298,648 302,294 303,089 365 159 Viet Nam 9,363 11,725 12,931 236 241 Spain 13,479 16,436 17,915 296 296 Total Europe 989,320 998,091 1,001,394 877 661 Total Asia 574,477 566,601 571,615 -788 1003 Total East Asia 208,155 225,663 244,862 1,751 3,840 China 157,141 177,001 197,290 1,986 4,058
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