Data for 1997

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1997

1997, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1997 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Indonesia is highest, at 3.556352; 30 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.001922. Against 1996, 77 values changed (52 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 1997

HighestIndonesia

3.556352

Lowest30 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
1997the year it describes
73distinct values15 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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1997: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3.556352	2.364265	0.003461	129.263091	7.205670
BrazilBRASouth America	2.701660	0.620096	0.019994	364.141405	11.659027
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.456527	0.171673	0.002318	24.243171	1.519391
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.450695	0.199378	0.000958	15.877181	1.705113
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.422348	0.270006	0.001465	66.698453	2.409338
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.319442	0.159570	0.000252	127.121195	2.900826
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.270876	0.882892	0.000203	38.021738	1.709217
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.250987	0.067922	0.002424	31.491402	1.344732
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.231870	0.077555	0.000122	6.684581	0.533160
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.208459	0.095038	0.001207	9.857430	1.217763
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.205344	0.044696	0.001362	6.712963	0.880577
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.197881	0.008800	0.000331	2.210312	0.420424
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.170257	0.064061	0.002624	7.047083	1.001279
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.168846	0.060168	0.002815	8.954614	1.153376
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.133690	0.053745	0.002209	5.943081	0.750083
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.124761	0.116145	0.000668	12.390545	1.067782
PeruPERSouth America	0.121809	0.077093	0.001560	71.853676	1.162790
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.118233	0.039977	0.000139	43.611417	0.754311
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.113121	0.088399	0.000554	5.579681	0.788113
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.097435	0.013011	0.000069	2.761848	0.268550
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.086303	0.018476	0.000631	3.155233	0.370734
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.083224	0.026781	0.000359	2.914796	0.316010
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.075879	0.061643	0.000289	1.541500	0.278757
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.074396	0.019783	0.000052	4.293096	0.313604
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.060593	0.023153	0.000208	4.611313	0.256511
PanamaPANCentral America	0.045838	0.019909	0.000006	4.105034	0.188415
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.033328	0.011738	0.000086	2.039980	0.220243
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.033237	0.021704	0.000057	14.743449	0.346722
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.026761	0.004553	0.000003	6.888201	0.362787
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.019846	0.005582	0.000044	0.899039	0.174897
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.017983	0.002669	0.000000	0.183555	0.033077
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.016530	0.009041	0.000398	2.054792	0.175008
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.016490	0.005813	0.000377	1.154177	0.173460
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.016475	0.004538	0.000437	0.827993	0.181175
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.015389	0.005588	0.000014	1.261254	0.125889
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.014430	0.002939	0.000023	1.544667	0.257504
SurinameSURSouth America	0.013268	0.011104	0.000034	13.573044	0.102706
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.011955	0.004306	0.000015	0.106088	0.058942
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.009554	0.003887	0.000020	0.291444	0.114238
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.009331	0.005991	0.000056	1.326659	0.061812
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.009231	0.006222	0.000048	18.555900	0.120312
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.007825	0.005928	0.000130	1.199408	0.122777
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.005046	0.002838	0.000014	0.062078	0.009897
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.004724	0.001125	0.000138	0.152990	0.040769
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.004642	0.002914	0.000000	0.320246	0.058059
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.003906	0.000686	0.000007	0.101438	0.017190
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.003893	0.001973	0.000003	2.973536	0.251186
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.003565	0.003112	0.000251	0.244062	0.081912
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.002634	0.001918	0.000053	0.510499	0.016068
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.002417	0.000235	0.000014	0.106161	0.021560
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.002056	0.000433	0.000000	0.240930	0.036957
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.001789	0.000308	0.000018	0.110747	0.021155
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.001718	0.000453	0.000057	0.084664	0.023404
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.001648	0.000057	0.000000	4.590439	0.132130
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.001423	0.002663	0.000000	8.539145	0.255587
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.001405	0.000417	0.000001	1.054037	0.103408
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.001263	0.000725	0.000000	23.836262	0.168572
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000701	0.000671	0.000006	0.054609	0.020499
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000646	0.000188	0.000000	0.005340	0.000718
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000542	0.000296	0.000000	0.072755	0.002958
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.000491	0.000117	0.000000	1.467360	0.224391
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000347	0.000097	0.000016	0.013097	0.002511
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000235	0.000000	0.000000	0.004815	0.000000
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000166	0.000050	0.000000	0.001152	0.000730
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000033	0.000012	0.000000	0.008407	0.000622
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000030	0.000030	0.000000	0.283206	0.036278
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000003	0.000003	0.000000	0.022799	0.000543
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000003	0.000001	0.000000	0.000674	0.000018
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000038	0.000005
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.001789	0.000030
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000022	0.000032
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	0.003649	0.000145
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
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
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.002467	0.000533
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	21.987349	0.433537
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	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
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000114	0.036018	0.010796
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000474	0.298144	0.054082
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
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000008	0.127395	0.010592
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	2.587830	0.000825
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.125561	0.018057
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 1997

At either end

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

Highest

Indonesia3.556352
Brazil2.701660
Malaysia0.456527
Myanmar0.450695
Colombia0.422348

Lowest

Vanuatushared0.000000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000000
Uruguayshared0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.001922. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestIndonesia2.364265
Lowest31 share it
Middle country: 0.000679
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.019994
Lowest38 share it
Middle country: 0.000006
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil364.141405
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.906548
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil11.659027
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.060377

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
77values changed, of 102 in both
52 · 25rose · fell
25unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia1.312062 → 3.556352+2.244290
Myanmar0.181529 → 0.450695+0.269166
Papua New Guinea0.023954 → 0.270876+0.246922
Colombia0.179734 → 0.422348+0.242614
DR Congo0.119671 → 0.319442+0.199771

Fell most

Brazil2.897854 → 2.701660−0.196195
Vietnam0.245110 → 0.168846−0.076264
Paraguay0.248384 → 0.197881−0.050503
Ecuador0.063360 → 0.033237−0.030123
Tanzania0.041307 → 0.015389−0.025919

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 15 decimals. 30 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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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (1997). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/1997

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