Data for 2012

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2012

2012, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2012 covers 102 countries on 5 measures. Indonesia is highest, at 1.102397; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.003167. Against 2011, 99 values changed (50 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2012

HighestIndonesia

1.102397

Lowest4 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
2012the year it describes
99distinct values13 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2012: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.102397	0.458034	0.096253	100.076784	17.945973
BrazilBRASouth America	1.012176	0.587290	0.239159	318.234054	21.874236
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.606869	0.477140	0.034359	111.036264	9.867037
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.251903	0.165631	0.023593	16.509857	4.373248
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.207305	0.167691	0.036955	59.746197	5.097548
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.184515	0.071463	0.007779	2.589414	1.776586
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.136445	0.141003	0.030762	10.051654	3.370426
PeruPERSouth America	0.113264	0.167094	0.023223	67.805088	3.352459
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.101709	0.006253	0.001205	3.013055	0.396636
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.096937	0.066156	0.002694	1.590930	0.579506
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.091387	0.079254	0.029721	6.167463	2.333689
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.083966	0.058774	0.018619	4.255412	1.723383
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.080131	0.042177	0.005235	3.986445	1.119021
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.076300	0.121800	0.032086	24.502405	4.402469
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.075350	0.037246	0.025716	5.368416	2.014174
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.071929	0.068464	0.001312	22.657263	0.837965
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.070279	0.046679	0.003944	3.331497	1.755490
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.068307	0.112813	0.003586	6.518328	1.746529
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.064852	0.063995	0.001778	2.247581	1.283986
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.054005	0.039312	0.006841	39.316417	2.388611
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.043256	0.046881	0.007600	6.947190	1.470438
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.041300	0.014020	0.001011	0.605060	0.182721
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.041253	0.011910	0.004253	0.942502	0.832950
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.040307	0.058277	0.004888	12.508937	1.576483
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.038907	0.035155	0.004582	4.747285	1.478007
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.038501	0.050423	0.008033	20.116439	1.473633
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.033500	0.031693	0.036458	3.159218	1.936648
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.032932	0.084211	0.007734	35.283543	3.817868
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.031593	0.012292	0.002699	0.722130	0.443816
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.031562	0.089136	0.006437	8.775270	3.089015
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.029274	0.014102	0.006445	2.485202	0.998046
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.027698	0.019203	0.006672	1.630731	0.660898
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.026077	0.008278	0.002231	0.590725	0.355061
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.025292	0.019175	0.010898	4.316856	1.297004
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.019742	0.045950	0.005127	0.891527	0.535976
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.019454	0.012777	0.008845	2.072959	0.616215
SurinameSURSouth America	0.015620	0.023254	0.001008	13.263943	0.287836
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.012440	0.007940	0.001805	0.567598	0.212831
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.012307	0.008256	0.001143	0.731468	0.254543
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.010553	0.008194	0.001767	1.748292	0.339180
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.009238	0.026942	0.000993	23.533819	0.459409
PanamaPANCentral America	0.008960	0.009511	0.002049	3.445453	0.546869
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.008078	0.007225	0.001837	0.923789	0.279283
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.007644	0.016638	0.002365	18.051652	0.416924
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.005629	0.007480	0.011462	0.663938	0.409152
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.005422	0.005055	0.006970	0.399193	0.352723
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.004764	0.012600	0.004461	0.807856	0.366352
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.004437	0.000268	0.000086	0.038908	0.012000
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.003877	0.003397	0.003051	0.449899	0.324595
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.003237	0.003101	0.003106	1.547023	0.508530
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.003224	0.002769	0.000132	0.220362	0.058414
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.003109	0.005089	0.000085	2.528767	0.101200
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.002847	0.007443	0.000104	0.822669	0.080858
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.002521	0.002050	0.000467	0.086744	0.054357
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.002376	0.001651	0.000731	0.058988	0.048264
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.002328	0.000620	0.000164	0.118629	0.039576
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.002322	0.000407	0.000169	0.033807	0.049661
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.001385	0.008006	0.000052	2.497496	0.077199
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.001197	0.000950	0.001035	0.214585	0.151652
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.001195	0.002852	0.002248	0.130833	0.144577
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.001124	0.000375	0.002427	0.044691	0.037010
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000926	0.000268	0.000159	0.028048	0.031614
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000887	0.000326	0.000123	0.040007	0.015476
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000785	0.000245	0.000015	0.019715	0.013337
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000775	0.000661	0.000318	0.738915	0.096039
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000620	0.000906	0.000436	0.461889	0.047415
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000555	0.000706	0.000001	0.979976	0.059983
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000537	0.000355	0.000050	0.213861	0.081894
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000445	0.000316	0.000030	0.036938	0.010656
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.000423	0.000216	0.000578	0.055292	0.031196
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000400	0.000221	0.001035	0.212986	0.098169
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000385	0.000104	0.000077	0.040220	0.016171
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000241	0.000447	0.000002	0.061342	0.003731
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000220	0.000039	0.000011	0.053729	0.012805
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000134	0.000350	0.000059	0.100213	0.026724
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000121	0.000053	0.000022	0.026103	0.016108
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000110	0.000166	0.000006	0.034020	0.007870
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000059	0.000022	0.000015	0.009269	0.003703
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000057	0.000009	0.000000	0.000325	0.000332
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000043	0.000000	0.000000	0.000752	0.000000
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000036	0.000004	0.000000	0.000243	0.000202
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000030	0.000030	0.000000	0.001543	0.000499
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000027	0.000007	0.000010	0.003489	0.004045
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000025	0.000109	0.000552	0.030019	0.008366
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000024	0.000010	0.000009	0.002413	0.003106
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000016	0.000008	0.000001	0.009586	0.010155
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000015	0.000052	0.000004	0.023495	0.004078
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000012	0.000006	0.000008	0.001365	0.001211
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000009	0.000002	0.000000	0.001254	0.001562
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000009	0.000009	0.000002	0.006886	0.001759
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000007	0.000014	0.000001	0.000964	0.000435
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000006	0.000002	0.000003	0.000890	0.000836
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000005	0.000006	0.000000	0.001390	0.001139
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000005	0.000001	0.000001	0.001427	0.001854
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000002	0.000001	0.000000	0.000494	0.000107
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.000001	0.000000	0.000000	0.000001	0.000001
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000033	0.000007
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000016	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	0.000047	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 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Indonesia1.102397
Brazil1.012176
DR Congo0.606869
Malaysia0.251903
Colombia0.207305

Lowest

United Statesshared0.000000
Uruguayshared0.000000
São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000000
Argentinashared0.000000
Anguilla0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.003167. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.587290
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 0.003249
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.239159
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 0.001010
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil318.234054
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.579162
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil21.874236
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.122889

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 102 in both
50 · 49rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia0.886586 → 1.102397+0.215811
Brazil0.920764 → 1.012176+0.091411
DR Congo0.556099 → 0.606869+0.050770
Ethiopia0.048754 → 0.096937+0.048183
Myanmar0.094360 → 0.136445+0.042085

Fell most

Bolivia0.191042 → 0.076300−0.114741
Madagascar0.170714 → 0.080131−0.090583
Mexico0.072993 → 0.033500−0.039493
Cambodia0.137090 → 0.101709−0.035381
Laos0.123537 → 0.091387−0.032150

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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99 distinct values among 102
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

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