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Tree Cover Loss, 2001

Figures for 2001, as World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much tree cover a country lost in a year, in hectares, measured from Landsat satellite images by the University of Maryland and published by Global Forest Watch. It counts every patch where most of the canopy was cleared or died — for farms, logging, mining, roads, fire or storms.

Tree Cover Loss, 2001 covers 210 countries on 2 measures. Brazil is highest, at 2,746,284.64; 17 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1,964.13.

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Tree Cover Loss · Data for 2001

HighestBrazil

2,746,284.64

Lowest17 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Tree Cover Loss, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 210 countries · select a heading to sort

Tree Cover Loss, 2001: every country, as published by World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland).
BrazilBRASouth America2,746,284.64519,056,655.7
United StatesUSANorthern America1,943,318.24279,375,325.2
RussiaRUSEastern Europe1,826,603.24761,226,509.4
CanadaCANNorthern America1,358,153.55418,066,874.8
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia744,084.00160,640,822.2
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa455,531.84199,272,121.1
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia332,805.9629,444,768.4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia230,308.12162,873,594.1
ColombiaCOLSouth America229,960.9981,854,357.4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand218,813.5842,281,440.1
MexicoMEXCentral America158,266.7353,168,926.1
FinlandFINNorthern Europe151,003.3721,627,650.4
ParaguayPRYSouth America150,236.6224,273,208.1
ArgentinaARGSouth America147,801.6839,069,969.4
SwedenSWENorthern Europe144,927.3027,883,711.6
BoliviaBOLSouth America140,210.2264,556,285.1
VenezuelaVENSouth America123,901.0956,519,469.8
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa122,694.8414,866,947.4
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa101,218.5055,276,134.7
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa86,956.8317,141,084.1
PeruPERSouth America86,007.3478,063,554.9
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa82,214.1326,405,606.7
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa77,644.695,983,121.3
ChileCHLSouth America72,711.2419,214,324.1
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa60,941.2728,920,531.0

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Brazil2,746,284.64
  2. United States1,943,318.24
  3. Russia1,826,603.24
  4. Canada1,358,153.55
  5. Indonesia744,084.00

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.00
  2. Tuvalushared0.00
  3. San Marinoshared0.00
  4. Saudi Arabiashared0.00
  5. Qatarshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,964.13. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Tree cover in 2000 (hectares, >30% canopy)

    HighestRussia761,226,509.4

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 1,245,965.5

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 194 distinct values among 210

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 17 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 210 countries has every column.

04The files

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    210 rows · 12 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

    Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.

    Download tree-cover-loss-2001-nations-inquiry.csv
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    World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland)’s own file, on its own site.

    v20260407

What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland) (2001). Tree Cover Loss, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tree-cover-loss/2001

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