Data for 1996

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1996

1996, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1996 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 2.897854; 29 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.001599. Against 1995, 81 values changed (43 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 1996

HighestBrazil

2.897854

Lowest29 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
1996the year it describes
74distinct values14 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1996, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1996: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	2.897854	0.681258	0.021932	366.741498	11.761148
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.312062	0.508007	0.002695	134.942206	5.083541
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.406390	0.161959	0.001561	24.858087	1.361077
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.249650	0.090151	0.001297	31.700167	1.387040
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.248384	0.060756	0.000121	2.301586	0.527032
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.245110	0.093075	0.002277	9.153280	1.123653
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.219345	0.047314	0.001194	6.904012	0.894918
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.215584	0.105330	0.000080	6.956295	0.493328
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.181529	0.081457	0.002865	16.394570	1.638595
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.179734	0.106665	0.000408	67.327155	2.203124
PeruPERSouth America	0.133155	0.078130	0.001330	72.028759	1.109651
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.124991	0.067261	0.001453	10.115858	1.168004
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.119671	0.098116	0.000489	127.527061	2.814437
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.112606	0.064762	0.002367	7.233731	0.984951
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.102927	0.147361	0.000143	5.750420	0.730504
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.092468	0.095718	0.001984	12.623593	0.959728
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.087427	0.036333	0.000262	43.739762	0.744241
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.074301	0.018586	0.000678	3.242811	0.369478
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.063360	0.040054	0.000001	14.794019	0.329414
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.062592	0.022439	0.006343	6.105523	0.721408
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.051303	0.020766	0.000307	4.685858	0.242577
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.046188	0.013083	0.000929	3.007935	0.306116
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.041307	0.027693	0.000103	1.278260	0.124272
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.027353	0.013947	0.000021	1.552838	0.263764
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.025298	0.021002	0.000181	1.674994	0.221232
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.024785	0.009151	0.000016	4.373377	0.307750
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.023954	0.033799	0.000291	39.143239	0.858725
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.012958	0.003416	0.000292	2.826358	0.301476
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.010929	0.004687	0.001323	0.842197	0.183449
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.010343	0.007972	0.000231	1.211312	0.118700
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.008952	0.006581	0.000945	1.171640	0.172491
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.008700	0.001461	0.000000	0.918004	0.175780
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.008614	0.004366	0.000007	0.116996	0.059990
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.007732	0.002639	0.000000	2.077375	0.216181
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.007634	0.003601	0.000001	0.055709	0.020099
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.007012	0.000702	0.000000	0.197095	0.037520
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.006555	0.002854	0.000022	0.105658	0.016877
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.006172	0.004223	0.000390	2.071845	0.174486
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.004804	0.001800	0.000003	2.977763	0.250853
PanamaPANCentral America	0.004453	0.001954	0.000000	4.156501	0.182791
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.004404	0.003285	0.000173	0.298144	0.054082
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.004138	0.004998	0.000053	18.568707	0.116749
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.003978	0.002933	0.000505	0.249998	0.079542
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.003880	0.000862	0.000045	0.301894	0.113343
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.003574	0.000756	0.000009	0.112382	0.021308
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.003423	0.002464	0.000194	1.341351	0.056464
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.003180	0.001309	0.000003	6.911056	0.366693
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.003044	0.001815	0.000018	0.514531	0.014672
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.002375	0.000447	0.000028	0.108020	0.022118
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.002025	0.000682	0.000004	0.242909	0.037034
SurinameSURSouth America	0.001628	0.002666	0.000119	13.593892	0.095135
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.001570	0.000546	0.000090	0.086047	0.023739
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.001492	0.000709	0.000279	1.055525	0.103325
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.001424	0.000403	0.000134	0.157145	0.041340
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.001423	0.000234	0.000000	0.327012	0.055935
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000972	0.006856	0.000035	0.036018	0.010796
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000923	0.000246	0.000009	0.068356	0.008665
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.000694	0.000173	0.000000	4.591516	0.132701
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000361	0.000204	0.000005	0.013473	0.002481
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000236	0.000084	0.000000	0.073543	0.002712
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000197	0.000000	0.000000	0.005050	0.000000
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000116	0.000009	0.000000	0.006061	0.000644
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000085	0.000035	0.000030	0.127395	0.010592
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000057	0.000066	0.000000	0.283261	0.036253
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.000026	0.000007	0.000093	1.467744	0.224498
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000018	0.000022	0.000001	0.002467	0.000533
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000016	0.000008	0.000000	0.008442	0.000620
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000010	0.000005	0.000000	0.000677	0.000018
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000001	0.000000	0.000000	0.000038	0.000005
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000001	0.000000	0.000000	0.022804	0.000541
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.000001	0.000000	0.000000	23.838006	0.168090
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.001276	0.000772
ArgentinaARGSouth 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	0.003649	0.000145
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.003790	0.000128
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.061334	0.006474
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.001698	0.000610
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	21.987349	0.433537
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000172	8.468420	0.832649
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.002430	0.000619
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.066687	0.000511
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	2.642202	0.011815
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.914056	0.032244
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	24.035302	0.080656
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	8.543062	0.253093
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.048640	0.000139
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.002135	0.001297
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.866622	0.001168
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	7.009528	0.305515
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.008810	0.000380
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.043113	0.001936
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.026942	0.001492
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000070	0.000000
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	2.587830	0.000825
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.001789	0.000030
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000022	0.000032
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.125561	0.018057
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.003480	0.002773
UruguayURYSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	1.046227	0.002543

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil2.897854
Indonesia1.312062
Malaysia0.406390
Bolivia0.249650
Paraguay0.248384

Lowest

Vanuatushared0.000000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000000
United Statesshared0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.001599. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.681258
Lowest31 share it
Middle country: 0.000692
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.021932
Lowest42 share it
Middle country: 0.000005
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil366.741498
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.916030
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil11.761148
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.058227

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
81values changed, of 102 in both
43 · 38rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Brazil2.053497 → 2.897854+0.844357
Indonesia1.071581 → 1.312062+0.240481
Paraguay0.032104 → 0.248384+0.216280
Colombia0.008941 → 0.179734+0.170793
Madagascar0.060497 → 0.215584+0.155088

Fell most

Myanmar0.326622 → 0.181529−0.145093
Philippines0.191986 → 0.092468−0.099518
Guatemala0.149126 → 0.074301−0.074824
Thailand0.119238 → 0.062592−0.056646
Central African Republic0.038607 → 0.000000−0.038607

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 29 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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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (1996). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/1996

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