Annual deforestation as a share of forest area by country

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.

Countries reporting

103

Highest

3.3%

Burkina Faso

Lowest

0.0%

Jersey

Median

0.1%

Years covered

1990–2020

Data points

525

What the numbers show

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 3.3% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.0% in Jersey.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.4%.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 2,383.2%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 100.0%).

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Burkina Faso	3.3%	2020	up 29.7%	rising
2	Chad	3.0%	2020	up 30.1%	rising
3	Gambia	2.9%	2020	up 48.3%	rising
4	Cote d'Ivoire	2.2%	2020	down 21.0%	falling
5	Malawi	1.9%	2020	up 18.7%	rising
6	Guatemala	1.7%	2020	down 43.8%	rising
7	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.7%	2020	up 19.8%	rising
8	Uganda	1.5%	2020	down 26.9%	falling
9	Netherlands	1.5%	2020	up 23.1%	rising
10	Somalia	1.5%	2020	down 35.2%	rising
11	Paraguay	1.4%	2020	down 26.2%	flat
12	Guinea	1.3%	2020	up 11.1%	rising
13	Madagascar	1.3%	2020	down 6.7%	rising
14	Honduras	1.2%	2020	up 17.6%	rising
15	Sudan	1.2%	2020	up 4.2%	rising
16	Dominican Republic	1.1%	2020	up 80.5%	rising
17	Portugal	1.1%	2020	down 10.4%	falling
18	Mali	1.0%	2020	down 27.1%	rising
19	Tanzania	1.0%	2020	up 27.5%	rising
20	Iraq	0.9%	2020	down 20.0%	volatile
21	India	0.8%	2020	down 15.5%	rising
22	Mozambique	0.8%	2020	up 8.0%	rising
23	El Salvador	0.7%	2020	down 0.7%	falling
24	Brazil	0.6%	2020	up 77.7%	falling
25	Cameroon	0.6%	2020	up 117.3%	rising
26	Nicaragua	0.6%	2020	up 1.3%	falling
27	Tunisia	0.6%	2020	up 47.3%	falling
28	Algeria	0.5%	2020	down 74.2%	falling
29	Argentina	0.4%	2020	down 25.9%	falling
30	Zimbabwe	0.4%	2020	down 7.6%	falling
31	Equatorial Guinea	0.3%	2020	up 3.4%	rising
32	Eswatini	0.3%	2020	up 3.4%	rising
33	Togo	0.3%	2020	down 18.2%	rising
34	Bhutan	0.3%	2020	up 2,383.2%	volatile
35	Mexico	0.2%	2020	up 4.4%	volatile
36	Senegal	0.2%	2020	up 1.8%	rising
37	Colombia	0.2%	2020	up 32.1%	falling
38	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.2%	2020	down 70.5%	falling
39	Slovenia	0.2%	2020	down 4.1%	falling
40	Denmark	0.2%	2020	up 338.4%	volatile
41	Libya	0.2%	2020	up 1.6%	flat
42	Suriname	0.2%	2020	up 136.5%	volatile
43	Costa Rica	0.2%	2020	down 56.5%	falling
44	Ethiopia	0.1%	2020	down 52.3%	falling
45	Italy	0.1%	2020	down 1.8%	falling
46	Austria	0.1%	2020	down 0.7%	falling
47	Venezuela	0.1%	2020	down 47.7%	falling
48	China	0.1%	2020	down 24.0%	falling
49	Panama	0.1%	2020	down 26.7%	volatile
50	Indonesia	0.1%	2020	down 83.3%	volatile
51	Central African Republic	0.1%	2020	up 34.1%	rising
52	New Zealand	0.1%	2020	up 15.9%	volatile
53	Papua New Guinea	0.1%	2020	up 8.9%	rising
54	Czechia	0.1%	2020	up 233.5%	volatile
55	Switzerland	0.1%	2020	down 46.9%	falling
56	Uzbekistan	0.1%	2020	up 161.9%	volatile
57	Mauritius	0.1%	2020	down 69.9%	volatile
58	Jamaica	0.1%	2020	down 30.6%	falling
59	Lebanon	0.1%	2020	down 0.7%	flat
60	Hungary	0.1%	2020	down 24.6%	rising
62	Chile	0.1%	2020	down 2.9%	falling
63	South Korea	0.1%	2020	down 61.5%	falling
64	Norway	0.1%	2020	up 3.5%	rising
65	Gabon	0.0%	2020	down 23.3%	falling
66	Guyana	0.0%	2020	down 34.4%	rising
67	Namibia	0.0%	2020	up 0.1%	volatile
68	Morocco	0.0%	2020	up 17.5%	volatile
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0%	2020	down 66.7%	volatile
70	Estonia	0.0%	2020	down 91.9%	volatile
71	Germany	0.0%	2020	down 45.1%	falling
72	Poland	0.0%	2020	up 51.6%	rising
73	Latvia	0.0%	2020	up 83.7%	volatile
74	Canada	0.0%	2020	up 3.9%	falling
75	Vietnam	0.0%	2020	down 37.1%	volatile
76	Croatia	0.0%	2020	down 56.0%	volatile
77	Romania	0.0%	2020	down 82.9%	volatile
78	Bulgaria	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Bahrain	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Congo	0.0%	2020	down 100.0%	volatile
78	Comoros	0.0%	2020	down 100.0%	volatile
78	Cuba	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Cayman Islands	0.0%	2020	—	volatile
78	Djibouti	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Finland	0.0%	2020	down 100.0%	volatile
78	Faroe Islands	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Georgia	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Greenland	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Isle of Man	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Iran	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Iceland	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Jordan	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Kuwait	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Oman	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Qatar	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Russia	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Saudi Arabia	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Singapore	0.0%	2020	down 100.0%	volatile
78	San Marino	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Sweden	0.0%	2020	down 100.0%	volatile
78	Uruguay	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Yemen	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Reunion	0.0%	2020	—	flat
78	Jersey	0.0%	2020	—	flat

About this data

Indicator: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Unit: %
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 105 places, 525 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.