Share of global annual deforestation in Tunisia
Tunisia: Share of global annual deforestation was 0.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of global annual deforestation in Tunisia, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 0.0% for share of global annual deforestation in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 70.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global annual deforestation in Tunisia peaked at 0.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Tunisia ranks 53rd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 50 El Salvador 0.1% compare
- 51 Costa Rica 0.1% compare
- 52 Togo 0.0% compare
- 54 South Korea 0.0% compare
- 55 Namibia 0.0% compare
- 56 Germany 0.0% compare
More environment data for Tunisia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 44.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.63 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2784 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0172 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0491 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global annual deforestation in Tunisia?
- Share of global annual deforestation in Tunisia was 0.0% in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global annual deforestation recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of global annual deforestation recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Tunisia rank for share of global annual deforestation?
- Tunisia ranks 53rd out of 112 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of global annual deforestation rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global annual deforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.