Tree cover loss
Tree cover lost each year, measured from satellite imagery. It counts any loss — plantations harvested as well as forest cleared — so it complements, rather than contradicts, the official forest-area series.
Position from worst
1,25,677.91
Published by
Global Forest Watch, via Our World in Data
Tree cover loss over time
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| Period | Tree cover loss |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,25,678 |
| 2023 | 1,36,344 |
| 2022 | 1,13,977 |
| 2021 | 1,25,523 |
| 2020 | 1,30,586 |
| 2019 | 1,15,595 |
| 2018 | 1,25,044 |
| 2017 | 1,79,009 |
| 2016 | 1,63,911 |
| 2015 | 1,09,435 |
| 2014 | 1,31,433 |
| 2013 | 74,803 |
| 2012 | 84,776 |
| 2011 | 81,553 |
| 2010 | 46,283 |
| 2009 | 72,498 |
| 2008 | 77,067 |
| 2007 | 66,112 |
| 2006 | 59,558 |
| 2005 | 54,977 |
| 2004 | 64,514 |
| 2003 | 42,675 |
| 2002 | 46,261 |
| 2001 | 54,375 |
Compared with
Source
Global Forest Watch, via Our World in Data — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/tree-cover-loss