Data for 2002

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2002

2002, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2002 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 3.131156; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.005850. Against 2001, 101 values changed (28 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2002

HighestBrazil

3.131156

Lowest2 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
2002the year it describes
101distinct values14 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2002: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	3.131156	1.185480	0.121382	342.768818	16.759986
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.684200	1.410373	0.052310	114.549454	13.132825
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.718252	0.852777	0.011406	119.822379	5.904571
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.378430	0.216840	0.012687	21.026988	2.709801
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.364620	0.189589	0.008954	12.959757	2.367525
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.308779	0.386028	0.028086	63.059046	3.794149
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.308057	0.134321	0.007231	7.231743	1.389920
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.275559	0.212045	0.002466	10.547947	1.921536
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.231857	0.135761	0.004805	8.167954	1.731092
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.188532	0.163747	0.009427	28.879511	2.222277
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.150194	0.081217	0.003698	5.243553	0.909625
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.145744	0.027485	0.000367	4.083664	0.312108
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.143798	0.120251	0.011156	5.547182	1.332734
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.139482	0.164945	0.001513	4.484827	1.335630
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.133941	0.151816	0.006140	41.112962	1.515895
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.131491	0.087858	0.021020	4.617820	1.476551
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.123811	0.205540	0.000120	3.362900	0.730918
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.102822	0.103051	0.000422	1.957334	0.610030
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.092758	0.257151	0.008253	36.461534	2.861584
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.092335	0.189552	0.000668	5.774833	1.015067
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.091846	0.031818	0.000992	1.402162	0.388769
PeruPERSouth America	0.089979	0.125786	0.012122	70.188202	2.045884
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.089576	0.079028	0.001358	5.054338	1.008984
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.073557	0.149885	0.000433	7.688574	1.072336
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.064145	0.017528	0.000347	1.112789	0.238809
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.062675	0.114030	0.004482	13.383244	1.070495
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.061139	0.110472	0.010073	4.023819	1.482119
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.053503	0.107127	0.000604	21.089585	0.907669
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.050567	0.056354	0.000282	0.934376	0.372644
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.048565	0.028766	0.001871	3.458314	0.603089
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.044767	0.092111	0.002322	1.175328	0.397268
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.041949	0.091047	0.000299	1.885533	0.244266
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.040079	0.222600	0.000388	7.770671	0.844351
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.039454	0.025808	0.008605	2.174872	0.628752
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.030737	0.068744	0.000185	23.374518	0.438589
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.028526	0.038889	0.001794	0.940806	0.255254
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.024498	0.025174	0.001118	2.142023	0.504599
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.021251	0.019979	0.006589	2.465155	0.498949
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.017097	0.011542	0.000173	0.767004	0.169664
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.015997	0.045850	0.000237	1.140662	0.170435
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.015890	0.009849	0.000450	0.947899	0.199343
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.015319	0.011814	0.002284	0.572237	0.310090
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.014140	0.013983	0.003277	0.664836	0.191436
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.011681	0.033423	0.000030	23.821615	0.227259
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.011619	0.019793	0.004472	18.299635	0.253121
PanamaPANCentral America	0.010950	0.022536	0.004994	3.698680	0.412960
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.009015	0.006159	0.000002	0.058251	0.026667
SurinameSURSouth America	0.008573	0.013659	0.001613	13.457891	0.170696
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.008442	0.003435	0.000134	0.059104	0.054521
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.008248	0.010649	0.005579	1.871794	0.295961
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.005959	0.010285	0.000315	0.254194	0.051488
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.005740	0.020114	0.000000	0.810966	0.038766
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.005726	0.003947	0.000022	0.257014	0.076968
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.005721	0.002920	0.000016	0.154913	0.050029
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.005676	0.004259	0.000048	0.096568	0.038643
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.005658	0.018652	0.001776	0.943291	0.273356
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.004510	0.002795	0.000044	0.050342	0.011080
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.003886	0.002056	0.000036	0.050438	0.024858
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.003682	0.001750	0.000082	0.073902	0.026854
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.003668	0.003762	0.000000	0.888653	0.042671
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.003450	0.005065	0.000825	0.188728	0.110085
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.003058	0.000710	0.000096	0.072496	0.014234
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.002363	0.001628	0.000254	0.120664	0.042240
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.001829	0.001691	0.000003	0.270169	0.041533
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.001681	0.000833	0.000006	0.034335	0.011014
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.001333	0.002456	0.000383	0.064207	0.029411
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.001302	0.001502	0.000000	0.036583	0.006373
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.001289	0.001486	0.000633	0.479124	0.037952
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.001197	0.002015	0.000004	0.118600	0.013531
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.001014	0.000560	0.000037	0.043992	0.009005
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.001008	0.001150	0.000416	0.249451	0.136646
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000976	0.000000	0.000000	0.002648	0.000000
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000655	0.005783	0.000000	2.556831	0.026889
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.000632	0.007095	0.000002	2.590107	0.057444
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000599	0.002002	0.000017	0.030172	0.013609
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000355	0.000216	0.000018	0.010969	0.002977
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000175	0.000094	0.000000	0.002255	0.000720
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000170	0.000042	0.000000	0.001169	0.000337
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000160	0.000236	0.000000	1.030193	0.015931
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000147	0.000200	0.000032	0.062052	0.008064
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000141	0.000168	0.000000	0.040760	0.003315
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000137	0.000062	0.000001	0.002423	0.001040
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000128	0.000063	0.000000	0.000507	0.000307
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000077	0.000057	0.000000	0.001420	0.000155
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000072	0.000096	0.000000	0.026501	0.001741
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000068	0.000016	0.000000	0.021104	0.000847
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000033	0.000021	0.000001	0.002037	0.000335
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000031	0.000070	0.000000	0.001022	0.000882
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000023	0.000031	0.000000	0.001662	0.001318
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000018	0.000022	0.000000	0.007369	0.001428
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000017	0.000024	0.000000	0.064244	0.001952
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000016	0.000016	0.000001	0.002837	0.002996
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000005	0.000002	0.000000	0.000002	0.000004
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000004	0.000003	0.000006	0.008111	0.000772
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000004	0.000007	0.000000	0.001784	0.001579
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000002	0.000009	0.000000	0.000547	0.000080
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000018	0.000006
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000069	0.000000
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000001	0.000000	0.000035	0.000006
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
UruguayURYSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil3.131156
Indonesia1.684200
DR Congo0.718252
Malaysia0.378430
Myanmar0.364620

Lowest

United Statesshared0.000000
Uruguayshared0.000000
Argentina0.000000
Aruba0.000000
São Tomé and Príncipe0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.005850. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestIndonesia1.410373
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 0.008472
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.121382
Lowest17 share it
Middle country: 0.000211
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil342.768818
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.788985
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil16.759986
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.093526

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 102 in both
28 · 73rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Brazil2.596971 → 3.131156+0.534185
Indonesia1.162291 → 1.684200+0.521908
Philippines0.141930 → 0.275559+0.133629
Thailand0.068456 → 0.150194+0.081738
Laos0.152011 → 0.231857+0.079846

Fell most

Venezuela0.582715 → 0.133941−0.448774
DR Congo1.014001 → 0.718252−0.295749
Côte d’Ivoire0.399238 → 0.139482−0.259756
Colombia0.530478 → 0.308779−0.221699
Angola0.237214 → 0.061139−0.176075

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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101 distinct values among 102
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 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) (2002). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/2002

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