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Tree Cover Loss, 2023

Figures for 2023, 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, 2023 covers 210 countries on 2 measures. Canada is highest, at 8,570,165.547; 30 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 3,078.021. Against 2022, 183 values changed (121 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tree Cover Loss · Data for 2023

HighestCanada

8,570,165.547

Lowest30 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland).
CanadaCANNorthern America8,570,165.547418,066,874.8
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,354,720.805761,226,509.4
BrazilBRASouth America2,805,354.980519,056,655.7
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,395,285.387160,640,822.2
United StatesUSANorthern America1,382,422.542279,375,325.2
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa1,325,020.238199,272,121.1
BoliviaBOLSouth America696,297.00964,556,285.1
ChinaCHNEastern Asia602,762.224162,873,594.1
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia445,460.61819,118,849.5
SwedenSWENorthern Europe313,926.41927,883,711.6
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia308,655.54529,444,768.4
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia307,183.59442,863,360.7
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa303,190.53117,141,084.1
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa268,277.52055,276,134.7
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa262,209.14528,920,531.0
FinlandFINNorthern Europe241,781.03421,627,650.4
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa229,024.80126,405,606.7
PeruPERSouth America227,601.34978,063,554.9
MexicoMEXCentral America226,362.95653,168,926.1
ArgentinaARGSouth America215,940.85839,069,969.4
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa204,198.49531,459,320.7
ColombiaCOLSouth America196,634.30181,854,357.4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand190,713.25742,281,440.1
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa190,298.27614,866,947.4
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa190,289.66924,075,024.2

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Canada8,570,165.547
  2. Russia3,354,720.805
  3. Brazil2,805,354.980
  4. Indonesia1,395,285.387
  5. United States1,382,422.542

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0.000
  2. Tuvalushared0.000
  3. Turkmenistanshared0.000
  4. Seychellesshared0.000
  5. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,078.021. “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

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 210 in both
  • 121 · 62rose · fell
  • 27unchanged

Rose most

  • Canada2,299,844.574 → 8,570,165.547+6,270,320.973
  • Indonesia885,237.265 → 1,395,285.387+510,048.121
  • Laos321,688.110 → 445,460.618+123,772.508
  • DR Congo1,220,222.305 → 1,325,020.238+104,797.934
  • Bolivia594,997.632 → 696,297.009+101,299.377

Fell most

  • Russia4,287,817.227 → 3,354,720.805−933,096.422
  • United States2,204,642.869 → 1,382,422.542−822,220.328
  • Brazil3,308,334.446 → 2,805,354.980−502,979.466
  • Colombia265,730.284 → 196,634.301−69,095.983
  • Papua New Guinea142,078.672 → 83,765.067−58,313.605

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 181 distinct values among 210

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 30 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-2023-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) (2023). Tree Cover Loss, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tree-cover-loss/2023

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