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Tree Cover Loss, 2007

Figures for 2007, 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, 2007 covers 210 countries on 2 measures. Brazil is highest, at 2,621,699.451; 22 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 2,832.915. Against 2006, 191 values changed (117 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tree Cover Loss · Data for 2007

HighestBrazil

2,621,699.451

Lowest22 countries share it

0.000

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland).
BrazilBRASouth America2,621,699.451519,056,655.7
United StatesUSANorthern America2,435,114.855279,375,325.2
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2,338,922.832761,226,509.4
CanadaCANNorthern America2,117,899.418418,066,874.8
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,387,620.767160,640,822.2
ChinaCHNEastern Asia653,049.832162,873,594.1
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa462,776.036199,272,121.1
ParaguayPRYSouth America426,191.28724,273,208.1
ArgentinaARGSouth America425,335.86739,069,969.4
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia405,691.79329,444,768.4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand372,723.42842,281,440.1
ColombiaCOLSouth America269,028.66581,854,357.4
MexicoMEXCentral America218,643.14253,168,926.1
BoliviaBOLSouth America189,943.26164,556,285.1
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa188,580.01717,141,084.1
SwedenSWENorthern Europe182,858.11027,883,711.6
FinlandFINNorthern Europe151,914.87821,627,650.4
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia146,598.39042,863,360.7
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa145,288.22455,276,134.7
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa138,504.90428,920,531.0
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia132,976.31219,118,849.5
GuatemalaGTMCentral America126,476.1557,691,096.2
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa121,682.55026,405,606.7
ChileCHLSouth America121,642.38519,214,324.1
PeruPERSouth America115,718.08178,063,554.9

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Brazil2,621,699.451
  2. United States2,435,114.855
  3. Russia2,338,922.832
  4. Canada2,117,899.418
  5. Indonesia1,387,620.767

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.000
  2. Tuvalushared0.000
  3. Seychellesshared0.000
  4. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000
  5. Saudi Arabiashared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,832.915. “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

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 191values changed, of 210 in both
  • 117 · 74rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

Rose most

  • Paraguay148,254.849 → 426,191.287+277,936.438
  • Australia186,304.314 → 372,723.428+186,419.114
  • Madagascar71,033.964 → 188,580.017+117,546.052
  • Argentina316,414.023 → 425,335.867+108,921.845
  • Russia2,233,421.040 → 2,338,922.832+105,501.791

Fell most

  • Canada2,406,190.157 → 2,117,899.418−288,290.739
  • Brazil2,876,675.082 → 2,621,699.451−254,975.631
  • United States2,605,853.075 → 2,435,114.855−170,738.220
  • Sweden249,126.036 → 182,858.110−66,267.925
  • South Africa104,943.819 → 47,105.157−57,838.662

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 189 distinct values among 210

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 22 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 210 countries has every column.

05The files

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    210 rows · 11 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

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

    Download tree-cover-loss-2007-nations-inquiry.csv
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    The publisher’s original

    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

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland) (2007). Tree Cover Loss, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tree-cover-loss/2007

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