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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1990

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1990 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 1.158659; 16 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.002750.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 1990

HighestBrazil

1.158659

Lowest16 countries share it

0.000000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

102countries
5measures per country
1990the year it describes
87distinct values15 decimals, as published
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1990: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	1.158659	0.712827	0.050284	381.595818	8.433609
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.008093	0.537504	0.000011	146.140950	1.900812
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.456121	0.118348	0.000032	8.661792	0.499835
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.324591	0.200254	0.000003	27.351848	0.632428
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.249572	0.259733	0.000297	128.991363	2.116742
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.192821	0.172594	0.000071	18.453157	0.982559
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.188056	0.112781	0.000002	7.127080	0.430443
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.180215	0.119284	0.000019	13.844188	0.443192
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.151220	0.091873	0.000020	6.513908	0.436229
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.116975	0.088091	0.000983	10.983352	0.611094
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.115571	0.074130	0.000377	8.275610	0.619077
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.101983	0.086306	0.000050	11.659026	0.598198
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.081425	0.128661	0.011332	68.124405	1.802073
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.068703	0.061693	0.000000	7.857947	0.188323
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.063418	0.073010	0.001060	44.115939	0.598682
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.061092	0.088252	0.005308	32.797420	1.111002
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.057731	0.041609	0.000005	40.117268	0.327413
PeruPERSouth America	0.053156	0.059818	0.006081	72.862492	0.748575
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.039145	0.033212	0.000329	2.677613	0.579388
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.036739	0.020960	0.000213	3.879470	0.232186
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.029479	0.017309	0.000009	2.304193	0.073110
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.027301	0.012106	0.000135	3.428880	0.213328
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.026672	0.039476	0.000209	7.028116	0.296753
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.025583	0.014916	0.001114	3.122915	0.243005
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.022437	0.020106	0.000000	5.084292	0.110313
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.022265	0.011672	0.000000	0.196771	0.037650
PanamaPANCentral America	0.019173	0.033470	0.000095	4.226505	0.142873
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.017776	0.017391	0.002300	2.137801	0.187770
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.016957	0.021808	0.000008	1.425789	0.082877
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.015413	0.013044	0.000165	6.977552	0.333765
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.013923	0.012722	0.000000	1.359287	0.047529
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.013457	0.021779	0.000002	23.859692	0.153445
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.012389	0.019272	0.000007	3.065536	0.209509
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.011659	0.027753	0.000138	21.988939	0.432580
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.011200	0.007772	0.000000	0.346865	0.038729
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.010328	0.010694	0.000555	14.976932	0.253470
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.009746	0.010049	0.000095	4.533319	0.261344
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.009518	0.011745	0.000004	1.747639	0.195395
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.008615	0.007785	0.001716	1.268073	0.155565
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.007544	0.008595	0.001152	0.939009	0.169862
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.007064	0.005578	0.000000	0.993435	0.131356
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.007002	0.026804	0.000004	8.589506	0.217262
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.006081	0.008477	0.000015	8.575938	0.770932
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.005493	0.001179	0.000001	0.081019	0.006540
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.004945	0.005039	0.000300	18.613250	0.094177
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.004538	0.001830	0.000000	0.076803	0.001956
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.004264	0.008685	0.000003	24.035302	0.080662
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.004175	0.002852	0.000040	4.601987	0.128761
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.003624	0.003391	0.000001	0.139312	0.010873
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.002938	0.003958	0.000018	0.123228	0.018145
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.002835	0.004358	0.000490	1.539625	0.172911
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.002665	0.009620	0.000000	0.946036	0.009598
SurinameSURSouth America	0.002542	0.005107	0.000394	13.636674	0.067757
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.002502	0.002129	0.000046	1.416107	0.026521
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.002287	0.003097	0.000146	0.249359	0.034727
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.002194	0.000966	0.000039	0.098886	0.022837
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.002125	0.001377	0.000101	0.336898	0.106607
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.002082	0.001928	0.000015	0.211909	0.035219
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.002002	0.001220	0.000085	0.174438	0.038661
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.001870	0.011935	0.000000	0.102994	0.017147
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.001733	0.000955	0.000004	0.125903	0.017284
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.001491	0.000635	0.000000	0.062877	0.006002
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.001426	0.002183	0.000008	0.328342	0.047533
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.001054	0.001853	0.000000	0.533888	0.005443
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.001044	0.002524	0.000000	1.046227	0.002543
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.000695	0.000733	0.001142	1.084021	0.086183
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.000635	0.003640	0.000000	2.642214	0.011808
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000535	0.000214	0.000001	0.128651	0.010293
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000299	0.000327	0.000000	0.128523	0.016118
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000247	0.000000	0.000000	0.008267	0.000000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000230	0.000558	0.000000	0.014944	0.001818
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000203	0.000154	0.000003	0.285171	0.035269
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000124	0.000043	0.000000	0.022805	0.000541
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000101	0.000140	0.000000	0.048640	0.000139
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000066	0.000095	0.000000	0.866622	0.001168
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000048	0.000022	0.000003	0.044697	0.004236
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000045	0.000020	0.000000	0.009332	0.000376
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000038	0.000044	0.000000	0.001387	0.000729
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000022	0.000029	0.000000	0.002715	0.000357
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000014	0.000021	0.000000	0.006140	0.000681
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000012	0.000046	0.000000	2.587831	0.000824
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000003	0.000005	0.000000	0.002469	0.000593
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000001	0.000001	0.000000	0.000026	0.000029
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
UruguayURYSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000027	0.000001
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.003697	0.000132
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000042	0.000004
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.004091	0.000026
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.001884	0.000524
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.066692	0.000508
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.002137	0.001295
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000032	0.339033	0.050375
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.008832	0.000372
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.043203	0.001885
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.026943	0.001492
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000070	0.000000
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000734	0.000003
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.001808	0.000028
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	2.042221	0.072449
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000002	0.003723	0.002667

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil1.158659
Indonesia1.008093
India0.456121
Malaysia0.324591
DR Congo0.249572

Lowest

United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000000
Seychellesshared0.000000
São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.002750. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.712827
Lowest16 share it
Middle country: 0.003516
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.050284
Lowest35 share it
Middle country: 0.000003
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil381.595818
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.969735
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil8.433609
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.043129

03Caveats

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87 distinct values among 102
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 16 countries share 0.000000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
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Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

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