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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2019

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2019 covers 101 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 1.078142; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.001657. Against 2018, 98 values changed (56 up, 42 down), 1 left.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2019

HighestBrazil

1.078142

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.

101countries
5measures per country
2019the year it describes
99distinct values15 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2019: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	1.078142	0.794644	0.677804	303.635010	27.318010
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.435744	0.645738	0.623374	91.408588	21.562450
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.380165	0.507012	0.388592	104.230551	12.207675
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.173144	0.164301	0.050123	22.925546	5.148609
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.132938	0.164087	0.210809	57.469494	5.917910
PeruPERSouth America	0.093702	0.124010	0.092297	66.279972	4.163270
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.085428	0.125554	0.083365	14.513856	5.236696
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.082273	0.112283	0.058148	5.017664	2.832238
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.075185	0.031515	0.005110	2.196655	0.526311
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.066458	0.181837	0.060944	37.943745	3.026301
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.063929	0.107376	0.125391	8.578903	4.070547
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.057866	0.053706	0.010009	1.730537	1.202318
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.055501	0.039776	0.099352	1.436364	1.559878
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.052905	0.058291	0.052570	19.132915	1.988698
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.052514	0.117898	0.046864	7.564895	3.827181
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.052464	0.117056	0.040734	2.611648	2.062814
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.046441	0.039501	0.034426	3.966206	1.548412
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.042190	0.045093	0.062383	1.356047	1.387473
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.038749	0.042074	0.076788	3.616194	1.932643
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.038537	0.033773	0.011236	1.715691	0.674861
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.036129	0.027060	0.007169	0.492289	0.431853
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.035589	0.029654	0.045692	3.321893	1.245913
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.032727	0.053433	0.105213	4.456036	2.439742
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.032644	0.082086	0.073760	5.615963	2.184647
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.032225	0.026975	0.078654	2.799243	1.913129
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.028246	0.072254	0.021638	21.929123	1.244596
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.024711	0.021925	0.037958	0.613642	0.690894
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.022885	0.037375	0.098183	6.422402	1.749288
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.020438	0.040545	0.062118	11.785948	1.987150
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.018788	0.130924	0.116305	33.799853	5.024816
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.017300	0.058233	0.017747	1.350563	0.747703
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.016682	0.014935	0.047328	1.285592	0.653935
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.013406	0.034111	0.024460	3.784627	1.607582
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.011316	0.032436	0.000754	0.807545	0.336461
PanamaPANCentral America	0.009777	0.030977	0.009205	3.201511	0.660862
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.009643	0.008073	0.027975	0.462053	0.293633
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.008218	0.022197	0.008960	17.841914	0.556429
SurinameSURSouth America	0.007019	0.020154	0.006492	13.091951	0.403024
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.006759	0.019020	0.025983	0.732008	0.636957
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.006352	0.006123	0.004364	0.344777	0.375283
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.004850	0.030122	0.008112	23.245282	0.656884
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.004324	0.011011	0.006115	0.442133	0.247262
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.004165	0.032991	0.033443	1.393387	0.621596
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.003787	0.011130	0.010486	1.636878	0.398208
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.003220	0.005976	0.005582	0.405648	0.347494
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.003055	0.003854	0.021667	0.485495	0.169714
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.002800	0.002634	0.008108	0.632013	0.299805
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.002573	0.008243	0.000874	2.448063	0.156142
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.002117	0.003374	0.015343	0.506029	0.515869
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.001734	0.013400	0.000566	2.394159	0.167966
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.001657	0.000649	0.001125	0.013749	0.029261
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.001539	0.002118	0.002444	0.197981	0.056950
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.001441	0.005576	0.000952	0.705411	0.110188
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.001325	0.006498	0.011761	0.746869	0.414021
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.001210	0.001305	0.001566	0.033612	0.058503
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.000943	0.000362	0.000583	0.023169	0.012192
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.000769	0.001631	0.001795	0.191709	0.166497
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000739	0.002535	0.001509	0.771770	0.239943
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.000733	0.000729	0.006400	0.735983	0.145873
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000710	0.000516	0.001131	0.035205	0.037387
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000581	0.001374	0.004625	0.070620	0.058108
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000579	0.001657	0.000542	0.203393	0.082149
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.000448	0.001329	0.007430	0.113616	0.155786
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.000442	0.000380	0.003731	0.021742	0.046187
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000392	0.000690	0.000668	0.453791	0.051511
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000352	0.000092	0.000015	0.031160	0.009541
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000340	0.000266	0.001854	0.036440	0.257880
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000330	0.000521	0.000924	0.090581	0.032761
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000270	0.000175	0.000530	0.013526	0.012760
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.000270	0.000248	0.002345	0.110502	0.037247
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000264	0.000433	0.000021	0.033186	0.030880
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000192	0.000108	0.000010	0.000654	0.000975
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000190	0.000375	0.001462	0.041782	0.017530
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000180	0.000226	0.000473	0.033631	0.011662
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.000176	0.000336	0.002899	0.049237	0.032034
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000163	0.000769	0.002234	0.034966	0.018704
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000134	0.000152	0.000096	0.008106	0.003841
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000115	0.000060	0.000011	0.022229	0.004644
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000109	0.000049	0.000955	0.036545	0.015578
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000096	0.000080	0.000003	0.000115	0.001278
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000088	0.000186	0.001323	0.021604	0.017833
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000055	0.000000	0.000000	0.000379	0.000000
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000045	0.000041	0.000006	0.006017	0.002395
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000045	0.000041	0.000288	0.029043	0.008885
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000041	0.000079	0.000027	0.008282	0.010523
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000039	0.000025	0.000044	0.002230	0.004464
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000035	0.000017	0.000131	0.000701	0.004086
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000028	0.000018	0.000018	0.001109	0.001232
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000014	0.000008	0.000012	0.000296	0.001121
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000011	0.000002	0.000005	0.000039	0.000099
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000009	0.000002	0.000026	0.000985	0.001515
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000009	0.000044	0.000010	0.000586	0.000701
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000008	0.000003	0.000004	0.001233	0.001948
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000006	0.000008	0.000011	0.000057	0.000159
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000001	0.000001	0.000011	0.000458	0.000133
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000011	0.000004
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000001	0.000000	0.000019	0.000015
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000039	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 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil1.078142
Indonesia0.435744
DR Congo0.380165
Bolivia0.173144
Colombia0.132938

Lowest

United Statesshared0.000000
Uruguayshared0.000000
São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000000
Argentina0.000000
Aruba0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.001657. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.794644
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 0.003374
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.677804
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 0.004364
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil303.635010
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.462053
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil27.318010
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.169714

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
98values changed, of 101 in both
56 · 42rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Brazil0.924141 → 1.078142+0.154001
Bolivia0.103143 → 0.173144+0.070001
Cambodia0.034338 → 0.075185+0.040847
Philippines0.019018 → 0.052514+0.033496
Laos0.054808 → 0.082273+0.027465

Fell most

Colombia0.196311 → 0.132938−0.063373
Ghana0.087515 → 0.042190−0.045325
Côte d’Ivoire0.100596 → 0.055501−0.045095
DR Congo0.415024 → 0.380165−0.034859
Nigeria0.076212 → 0.046441−0.029771

− Sudan

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 101
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 101 countries has every column.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/2019

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