Data for 2020

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2020

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2020 covers 101 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 1.602653; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.001430. Against 2019, 99 values changed (47 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2020

HighestBrazil

1.602653

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.

101countries
5measures per country
2020the year it describes
100distinct values15 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2020: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	1.602653	0.907008	0.984693	301.723461	27.626906
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.396625	0.498807	0.406815	103.541416	12.500184
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.267640	0.316581	0.078534	22.469688	5.336827
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.263016	0.294370	1.819883	90.960988	21.747035
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.181866	0.177456	0.297023	57.176049	6.029489
PeruPERSouth America	0.103100	0.175624	0.083143	66.044758	4.295384
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.102255	0.170210	0.026633	18.909133	2.110225
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.095980	0.137279	0.103659	4.843748	2.910175
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.088796	0.078860	0.019689	3.850025	1.575798
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.077658	0.133623	0.035307	1.553061	1.302136
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.064043	0.043494	0.014586	2.119549	0.539374
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.063636	0.126888	0.260022	8.428590	4.157224
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.061041	0.061778	0.166840	14.407730	5.281782
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.059544	0.044274	0.124559	1.369119	1.567578
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.057636	0.229038	0.123266	37.684424	3.227986
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.050624	0.060840	0.072639	1.275765	1.417131
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.048751	0.042130	0.039415	3.256941	1.262114
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.044386	0.046397	0.024697	1.645915	0.700251
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.031757	0.046928	0.115219	3.553299	1.963781
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.030400	0.093683	0.083100	5.508043	2.262167
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.029923	0.048920	0.094526	2.552882	2.091657
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.027173	0.048851	0.158726	4.395720	2.472885
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.026337	0.079136	0.239923	7.472783	3.892957
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.026170	0.052424	0.053815	11.719696	2.027233
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.026037	0.042816	0.084024	6.368499	1.777154
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.024915	0.060423	0.013582	0.417295	0.481932
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.024452	0.018986	0.071615	2.771324	1.916596
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.019421	0.046176	0.034389	21.873200	1.281098
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.018078	0.080435	0.082916	3.697901	1.676229
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.016664	0.055747	0.049856	1.286910	0.794692
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.014739	0.015004	0.089310	0.592873	0.696924
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.013689	0.081092	0.106346	33.711408	5.099571
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.008880	0.016750	0.006596	0.786651	0.348476
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.007514	0.013396	0.014896	17.823903	0.566926
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.007264	0.006459	0.006834	0.498170	0.516465
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.007163	0.009865	0.029669	0.449661	0.298862
SurinameSURSouth America	0.007154	0.014587	0.007946	13.072289	0.415533
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.005666	0.010068	0.040973	0.719010	0.644289
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.005384	0.003937	0.018501	0.339562	0.375114
PanamaPANCentral America	0.005281	0.018889	0.042670	3.180499	0.676593
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.004844	0.018779	0.012259	23.223860	0.673462
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.004501	0.004572	0.081497	1.278844	0.656182
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.003621	0.002370	0.008794	0.628321	0.299876
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.003285	0.003167	0.023297	0.481050	0.170874
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.002786	0.007540	0.002246	2.439320	0.162098
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.002762	0.003921	0.008350	0.400766	0.349615
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.002441	0.004079	0.026887	1.631613	0.401032
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.002214	0.001929	0.028056	0.439677	0.247504
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.001714	0.004932	0.002619	0.192332	0.060884
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.001545	0.012134	0.000688	2.380968	0.179612
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.001430	0.002056	0.004183	0.702179	0.111991
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.001395	0.003267	0.001733	0.731762	0.148700
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.001192	0.000986	0.002877	0.032470	0.058453
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.001091	0.000271	0.001485	0.022237	0.012033
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.000916	0.003582	0.021164	0.742994	0.416981
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.000863	0.005149	0.058596	1.387928	0.626193
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000842	0.000390	0.003103	0.013183	0.028985
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.000778	0.002156	0.004364	0.189359	0.168070
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000777	0.023911	0.003470	0.747314	0.263623
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.000662	0.000384	0.002704	0.109948	0.037138
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000562	0.000393	0.000331	0.012910	0.012815
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.000550	0.000422	0.002025	0.021193	0.046187
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000497	0.001289	0.002702	0.201956	0.083089
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000428	0.000599	0.001608	0.452930	0.051945
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000416	0.000196	0.004739	0.036217	0.257687
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000364	0.000360	0.010256	0.070105	0.058259
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.000304	0.001013	0.007492	0.112522	0.156575
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000297	0.000625	0.000025	0.030473	0.009931
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000286	0.000401	0.002412	0.034676	0.037630
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000277	0.000438	0.000011	0.021747	0.004848
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000231	0.000136	0.000218	0.033409	0.011653
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000208	0.001612	0.000624	0.088892	0.034243
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000180	0.000236	0.000610	0.041478	0.017653
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000174	0.000095	0.000739	0.036422	0.015527
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.000170	0.000277	0.004745	0.048913	0.032188
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000143	0.000607	0.000098	0.032532	0.031391
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000134	0.000450	0.000744	0.021073	0.018230
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000113	0.000012	0.000008	0.000093	0.001187
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000093	0.000147	0.012054	0.034765	0.018812
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000072	0.000181	0.000121	0.028835	0.009021
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000068	0.000109	0.000026	0.002111	0.004515
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000063	0.000000	0.000000	0.000316	0.000000
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000062	0.000042	0.000004	0.000938	0.001501
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000047	0.000048	0.000156	0.008036	0.003863
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000042	0.000009	0.000072	0.000688	0.004058
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000036	0.000071	0.000015	0.000577	0.001016
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000030	0.000018	0.000030	0.005998	0.002384
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000027	0.000063	0.000250	0.008212	0.010565
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000027	0.000005	0.000025	0.000289	0.001102
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000022	0.000050	0.000024	0.001052	0.001266
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000012	0.000001	0.000004	0.001230	0.001939
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000011	0.000004	0.000007	0.000029	0.000098
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000005	0.000001	0.000017	0.000053	0.000158
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000003	0.000010	0.000029	0.000575	0.000709
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000002	0.000000	0.000000	0.000038	0.000000
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000001	0.000001	0.000000	0.000457	0.000133
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000011	0.000004
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000019	0.000015
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 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil1.602653
DR Congo0.396625
Bolivia0.267640
Indonesia0.263016
Colombia0.181866

Lowest

United Statesshared0.000000
Uruguayshared0.000000
Argentina0.000000
Aruba0.000000
Anguilla0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.001430. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.907008
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 0.003267
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestIndonesia1.819883
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 0.006834
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil301.723461
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.449661
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil27.626906
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe0.000000
Middle country: 0.179612

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 101 in both
47 · 52rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Brazil1.078142 → 1.602653+0.524511
Bolivia0.173144 → 0.267640+0.094496
Cameroon0.052905 → 0.102255+0.049350
Colombia0.132938 → 0.181866+0.048927
Nigeria0.046441 → 0.088796+0.042354

Fell most

Indonesia0.435744 → 0.263016−0.172729
Philippines0.052514 → 0.026337−0.026177
Malaysia0.085428 → 0.061041−0.024388
Mexico0.052464 → 0.029923−0.022541
Ethiopia0.016682 → 0.004501−0.012180

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 101
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 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.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 101 countries has every column.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2020). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/2020

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