Data for 2009

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2009

2009, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2009 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Indonesia is highest, at 1.018503; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.003236. Against 2008, 102 values changed (55 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2009

HighestIndonesia

1.018503

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
2009the year it describes
100distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2009: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.018503	0.670490	0.066381	103.313350	17.326682
BrazilBRASouth America	0.825315	0.836583	0.182683	323.192411	20.264450
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.425337	0.564672	0.029087	113.601970	9.045254
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.328797	0.238428	0.016538	17.652423	3.993689
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.154633	0.185995	0.040091	60.552255	4.848328
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.142988	0.149824	0.023473	10.644052	3.182088
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.139073	0.130459	0.004163	3.121298	1.718418
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.128807	0.107943	0.011865	26.449790	3.158590
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.122562	0.066265	0.001984	4.341447	1.104937
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.110576	0.078059	0.008190	6.656306	2.207475
PeruPERSouth America	0.103616	0.143736	0.015550	68.526598	2.959364
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.098853	0.076297	0.019457	3.418923	1.832944
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.086336	0.109131	0.010904	4.472302	1.686746
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.076055	0.084074	0.000903	1.082920	0.845225
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.074582	0.068267	0.016912	5.694411	1.949833
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.071098	0.015046	0.000444	0.698862	0.214393
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.063770	0.058334	0.001685	2.741425	0.920191
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.061452	0.018710	0.001234	3.329983	0.418205
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.048232	0.026000	0.003640	1.752168	0.630942
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.045631	0.063601	0.011140	39.644827	2.257185
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.035849	0.069718	0.003277	2.437023	1.232438
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.035161	0.072129	0.003323	12.711155	1.465531
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.034977	0.161240	0.001077	6.860701	1.530762
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.033018	0.021693	0.002934	2.207602	0.573503
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.030484	0.035389	0.005079	4.973137	1.386093
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.027247	0.028066	0.010255	4.489156	1.220373
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.026918	0.010958	0.002393	1.793513	0.569727
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.026184	0.049964	0.008983	3.486819	1.759535
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.023830	0.038370	0.000886	0.602303	0.203987
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.022774	0.036054	0.014849	20.375758	1.339349
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.021012	0.055567	0.005906	9.169420	2.824890
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.020089	0.017752	0.000733	0.648778	0.383204
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.019823	0.020309	0.001152	0.780607	0.241451
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.019523	0.013915	0.001188	0.798080	0.476137
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.017673	0.026042	0.001078	22.935021	0.743337
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.017268	0.039612	0.001359	0.969954	0.494766
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.017176	0.037118	0.013112	7.114388	1.410738
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.015849	0.081181	0.006796	35.624281	3.550069
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.013302	0.032924	0.003461	0.697718	0.394338
PanamaPANCentral America	0.012993	0.028814	0.003305	3.498820	0.517085
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.010755	0.015882	0.002257	1.781833	0.331642
SurinameSURSouth America	0.010046	0.016912	0.001214	13.330058	0.248969
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.008837	0.002443	0.000080	0.125832	0.040485
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.007897	0.016710	0.001874	1.675698	0.403083
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.007884	0.021546	0.002205	18.116235	0.370763
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.007209	0.003979	0.003504	0.434280	0.347607
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.007133	0.003478	0.000798	1.042650	0.211762
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.005626	0.017979	0.001775	0.850098	0.337612
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.004900	0.007345	0.003653	0.465566	0.320994
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.003981	0.000448	0.000062	0.048167	0.013354
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.003341	0.017501	0.000570	23.611771	0.404714
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.003131	0.009673	0.000165	0.842215	0.069152
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.002922	0.008830	0.001897	0.145211	0.134501
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.002468	0.002264	0.000157	0.228007	0.059241
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.002160	0.001607	0.000459	0.066286	0.047537
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.002133	0.001563	0.000241	0.220672	0.149913
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.002101	0.000803	0.000065	0.042328	0.015752
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.001836	0.005283	0.000015	2.555688	0.085028
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.001667	0.000469	0.000351	0.037249	0.053724
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.001292	0.001490	0.000711	0.047781	0.037427
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.001219	0.001081	0.000370	0.056845	0.031400
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.001207	0.000898	0.000528	0.094034	0.053213
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.001004	0.002018	0.000417	0.466766	0.044642
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000904	0.000934	0.000289	0.030700	0.033129
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000849	0.010882	0.000027	0.101162	0.026123
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000744	0.000988	0.000486	0.219512	0.094904
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000681	0.001208	0.000079	0.246921	0.052035
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000548	0.004200	0.000079	2.519580	0.058141
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000469	0.001530	0.000173	0.041024	0.015739
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000457	0.001984	0.000258	0.742582	0.094356
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000444	0.000445	0.000061	0.038075	0.010470
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000432	0.000188	0.000005	0.003719	0.004172
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000335	0.000281	0.000030	0.022154	0.012859
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000286	0.000208	0.000041	0.031503	0.007637
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000204	0.000316	0.000024	0.054815	0.012566
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000175	0.000128	0.000001	0.001571	0.001129
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000157	0.000187	0.000003	0.036732	0.005776
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000150	0.000537	0.000003	0.983006	0.058227
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000131	0.001323	0.000013	0.026609	0.015988
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000049	0.000060	0.000018	0.009485	0.003674
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000046	0.000080	0.000004	0.062214	0.003232
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000039	0.000090	0.000001	0.024879	0.002926
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000037	0.000014	0.000000	0.000405	0.000435
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000029	0.000000	0.000000	0.000856	0.000000
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000028	0.000042	0.000000	0.001110	0.000343
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000028	0.000036	0.000025	0.010137	0.009753
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000027	0.000043	0.000000	0.001776	0.000386
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000024	0.000096	0.000001	0.006912	0.001750
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000021	0.000030	0.000001	0.002525	0.003098
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000016	0.000010	0.000000	0.000315	0.000245
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000013	0.000084	0.000001	0.001275	0.001562
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000010	0.000013	0.000000	0.000941	0.000847
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000010	0.000013	0.000001	0.001763	0.000850
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000006	0.000004	0.000000	0.000511	0.000097
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000002	0.000000	0.000000	0.000067	0.000000
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000002	0.000015	0.000001	0.001516	0.001793
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000033	0.000007
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000017	0.000006
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000001	0.000004
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 2009

At either end

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

Highest

Indonesia1.018503
Brazil0.825315
DR Congo0.425337
Malaysia0.328797
Colombia0.154633

Lowest

United Statesshared0.000000
Uruguayshared0.000000
Sudanshared0.000000
Argentina0.000000
Anguilla0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.003236. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.836583
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 0.004741
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.182683
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 0.000507
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil323.192411
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.625541
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil20.264450
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.114702

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
102values changed, of 102 in both
55 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia0.855222 → 1.018503+0.163280
DR Congo0.347836 → 0.425337+0.077501
Madagascar0.077663 → 0.122562+0.044899
Sierra Leone0.035037 → 0.076055+0.041018
Malaysia0.288871 → 0.328797+0.039925

Fell most

Brazil1.501809 → 0.825315−0.676494
Bolivia0.249237 → 0.128807−0.120430
Côte d’Ivoire0.216951 → 0.139073−0.077878
Ethiopia0.065711 → 0.026918−0.038793
Ghana0.071001 → 0.035849−0.035153

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. 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) (2009). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/2009

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