Data for 2008

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2008

2008, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2008 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 1.501809; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.002569. Against 2007, 101 values changed (51 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2008

HighestBrazil

1.501809

Lowest3 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
2008the year it describes
100distinct values15 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2008: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	1.501809	1.121491	0.156783	324.531754	19.750423
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.855222	0.550577	0.089852	104.820020	16.838521
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.347836	0.498013	0.039572	114.419784	8.652778
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.288871	0.173263	0.024712	18.192364	3.782546
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.249237	0.137441	0.005659	26.621328	3.115859
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.216951	0.162981	0.001253	3.345811	1.632978
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.179104	0.201688	0.044682	60.827209	4.728007
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.116225	0.128839	0.031384	10.865984	3.103144
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.106087	0.057372	0.017936	6.798700	2.175656
PeruPERSouth America	0.098875	0.141189	0.018422	68.738244	2.851335
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.095396	0.027568	0.001735	3.395190	0.414451
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.094515	0.077582	0.012660	3.532392	1.818328
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.077663	0.069554	0.002022	4.462221	1.106725
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.076440	0.063936	0.037940	5.810866	1.907960
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.071001	0.140686	0.001539	2.533131	1.172179
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.068237	0.053159	0.001047	2.836519	0.888867
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.067689	0.092624	0.010269	39.731799	2.215844
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.065711	0.047751	0.000466	1.816075	0.574083
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.065167	0.111835	0.006891	5.026374	1.363339
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.051997	0.056385	0.016022	4.621671	1.623713
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.050956	0.019185	0.003044	1.801140	0.630202
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.046388	0.110003	0.008483	20.426989	1.310891
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.043296	0.012380	0.000349	0.741242	0.243111
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.035037	0.027187	0.001811	1.201081	0.803119
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.030197	0.037011	0.017919	4.532552	1.204225
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.028937	0.056797	0.005114	12.807357	1.404491
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.028427	0.017900	0.002745	2.248217	0.565907
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.028021	0.082094	0.001139	7.047406	1.379034
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.026110	0.046633	0.004388	3.547223	1.725315
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.025832	0.017618	0.000850	0.672999	0.379072
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.025438	0.125170	0.008658	35.716356	3.473843
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.022584	0.014264	0.001755	0.821838	0.471902
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.018590	0.049085	0.001258	0.732974	0.372384
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.018572	0.044134	0.011334	7.160064	1.382238
PanamaPANCentral America	0.016964	0.031377	0.001310	3.534775	0.494122
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.014583	0.012112	0.000181	0.652230	0.177891
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.013795	0.010424	0.001693	0.440525	0.348570
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.013582	0.009335	0.000591	0.808849	0.233032
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.013504	0.045791	0.032527	9.236991	2.778331
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.012393	0.011575	0.001108	1.804234	0.319997
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.011184	0.028624	0.001962	22.970184	0.725847
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.008287	0.008362	0.000580	1.050221	0.211324
SurinameSURSouth America	0.007432	0.010931	0.000709	13.353637	0.235436
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.006800	0.005704	0.005244	1.017936	0.464052
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.006678	0.084201	0.003244	0.474909	0.316551
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.006498	0.016633	0.002092	18.142698	0.352184
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.004496	0.029149	0.000638	23.631174	0.388651
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.003699	0.000400	0.000033	0.051942	0.013561
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.003416	0.010657	0.001701	0.869824	0.323512
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.003093	0.003550	0.000115	0.068566	0.047417
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.002742	0.004638	0.000564	0.155102	0.127532
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.002396	0.002995	0.000087	0.853282	0.061217
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.002278	0.002265	0.000134	0.038452	0.054188
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.002197	0.005176	0.000185	0.220774	0.094386
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.002173	0.001338	0.000149	0.049799	0.036701
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.001977	0.007068	0.000008	2.562254	0.080297
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.001937	0.006300	0.001673	1.693347	0.393331
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.001841	0.002380	0.000160	0.031969	0.032764
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.001705	0.001215	0.000043	0.129878	0.045276
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.001447	0.000868	0.000608	0.230908	0.058809
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000959	0.001553	0.000522	0.095394	0.053060
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000847	0.006462	0.000033	2.524235	0.054033
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000811	0.001845	0.000089	0.248445	0.051192
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000797	0.000381	0.000045	0.043376	0.016805
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.000752	0.000631	0.000144	0.222620	0.150098
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.000702	0.000739	0.000156	0.058117	0.031347
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000684	0.001191	0.000546	0.469399	0.043014
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000674	0.000577	0.000050	0.022579	0.012769
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000606	0.000383	0.000046	0.038684	0.010305
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000295	0.000365	0.000244	0.042803	0.014429
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000236	0.000571	0.000035	0.109276	0.018859
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000224	0.000642	0.000001	0.062327	0.003166
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000198	0.000830	0.001290	0.744739	0.092656
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000183	0.000480	0.000031	0.055240	0.012344
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000150	0.000131	0.000099	0.031787	0.007638
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000120	0.000383	0.000001	0.024989	0.002855
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000114	0.000694	0.000004	0.983651	0.057732
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000106	0.000177	0.000002	0.036998	0.005667
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000096	0.000024	0.000001	0.001779	0.001096
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000087	0.000026	0.000000	0.004036	0.004287
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000076	0.000467	0.000008	0.010182	0.009735
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000052	0.000000	0.000000	0.000885	0.000000
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000043	0.000025	0.000001	0.000957	0.000841
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000041	0.000056	0.000018	0.009566	0.003641
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000029	0.000017	0.000001	0.002563	0.003082
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000029	0.000022	0.000000	0.007019	0.001666
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000029	0.000066	0.000155	0.027563	0.015165
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000019	0.000024	0.000000	0.000331	0.000244
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000016	0.000003	0.000000	0.000434	0.000444
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000013	0.000050	0.000000	0.001159	0.000323
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000013	0.000032	0.000001	0.001780	0.000843
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000011	0.000014	0.000000	0.001843	0.000346
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000006	0.000009	0.000002	0.001363	0.001488
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000003	0.000003	0.000000	0.000516	0.000097
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000001	0.000002	0.000004	0.001533	0.001779
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000001	0.000004
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000033	0.000007
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
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000017	0.000006
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000069	0.000000

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil1.501809
Indonesia0.855222
DR Congo0.347836
Malaysia0.288871
Bolivia0.249237

Lowest

São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000000
Argentinashared0.000000
Anguillashared0.000000
Uruguay0.000000
United States0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.002569. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil1.121491
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 0.005440
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.156783
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 0.000494
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil324.531754
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.662615
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil19.750423
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.110959

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 102 in both
51 · 50rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia0.159994 → 0.249237+0.089243
Côte d’Ivoire0.149560 → 0.216951+0.067391
DR Congo0.290969 → 0.347836+0.056867
Cambodia0.052782 → 0.095396+0.042614
Ethiopia0.024087 → 0.065711+0.041624

Fell most

Brazil1.888408 → 1.501809−0.386599
Myanmar0.218054 → 0.116225−0.101829
Sierra Leone0.135406 → 0.035037−0.100369
Colombia0.275539 → 0.179104−0.096435
Paraguay0.096023 → 0.022584−0.073439

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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100 distinct values among 102
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 3 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) (2008). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/2008

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