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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2022

2022, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2022 covers 100 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 1.371456; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.000517. Against 2021, 98 values changed (35 up, 63 down), 1 left.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2022

HighestBrazil

1.371456

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.

100countries
5measures per country
2022the year it describes
98distinct values14 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, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2022: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	1.371456	0.896610	0.754769	298.196407	28.594604
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.238328	0.257223	0.518548	90.166487	22.063078
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.225281	0.495369	0.535979	102.232671	13.278766
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.195157	0.238659	0.069119	21.878958	5.599495
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.090721	0.153908	0.187833	56.748296	6.234223
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.065546	0.023627	0.070475	4.716063	2.908283
PeruPERSouth America	0.064380	0.135370	0.120457	65.688694	4.509660
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.053722	0.085745	0.044136	3.647385	1.679608
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.049190	0.071251	0.050696	18.664253	2.249950
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.043137	0.044244	0.089984	3.132836	1.306056
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.042798	0.034716	0.055183	1.286583	1.584810
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.041542	0.051684	0.137813	14.216400	5.374791
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.040535	0.064138	0.015851	5.361078	2.348705
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.035299	0.032826	0.018345	1.211942	1.433213
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.030615	0.007430	0.013425	2.047791	0.538988
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.029248	0.085129	0.075368	7.308616	4.010846
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.028842	0.029025	0.042064	2.482622	2.114554
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.024907	0.032512	0.008760	1.426333	1.353270
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.021429	0.057336	0.021973	11.604010	2.107326
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.019925	0.049307	0.301502	8.278137	4.251823
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.019784	0.031715	0.112186	2.658266	1.975950
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.017456	0.023985	0.017124	1.565283	0.735753
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.017050	0.192198	0.051460	33.403178	5.378446
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.016303	0.023174	0.156910	3.481484	2.003559
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.013528	0.040285	0.068017	37.589852	3.293881
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.012401	0.044236	0.040183	21.771976	1.354479
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.011857	0.008677	0.063480	0.563787	0.704113
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.011686	0.015394	0.045529	1.233463	0.676321
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.010539	0.030776	0.050516	6.291875	1.827141
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.009171	0.023524	0.150350	4.327054	2.517140
SurinameSURSouth America	0.008192	0.025338	0.002850	13.024676	0.449086
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.006548	0.018375	0.003548	17.789169	0.589932
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.006305	0.007001	0.021057	1.262485	0.804714
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.005515	0.016553	0.122781	0.347592	0.535555
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.004237	0.007356	0.020655	0.482856	0.523774
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.003905	0.004730	0.025231	0.438201	0.303153
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.003843	0.007741	0.011083	0.610631	0.309308
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.003536	0.005624	0.110591	3.677157	1.688106
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.003281	0.005659	0.002335	0.775205	0.353572
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.003102	0.003429	0.012951	0.471015	0.174449
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.002447	0.025324	0.003551	23.184676	0.708445
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.002157	0.003940	0.018548	0.708979	0.649493
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.001748	0.006427	0.009560	0.329740	0.381107
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.001568	0.006760	0.008761	0.429125	0.254741
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.001440	0.003450	0.008337	1.623715	0.405990
PanamaPANCentral America	0.001365	0.011456	0.015020	3.155881	0.696545
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.001338	0.018279	0.000594	2.350837	0.206659
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.001139	0.003474	0.017830	0.392196	0.355104
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.000809	0.002005	0.001433	0.188719	0.062524
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.000556	0.000333	0.000841	0.020963	0.012218
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.000478	0.020132	0.018499	0.717711	0.441272
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.000478	0.001846	0.004695	0.698498	0.177356
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.000467	0.005236	0.002565	2.427418	0.172605
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000403	0.000962	0.000907	0.745395	0.264688
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000370	0.000406	0.002874	0.012054	0.029275
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.000344	0.002544	0.028566	1.380410	0.632848
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.000287	0.000309	0.002444	0.020395	0.046406
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000284	0.000274	0.000705	0.012084	0.013046
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.000260	0.000412	0.002628	0.031010	0.059032
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000255	0.000623	0.005964	0.068863	0.058946
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000231	0.000516	0.000999	0.451547	0.052768
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000206	0.000414	0.000684	0.032548	0.012106
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000204	0.000464	0.000645	0.088010	0.034809
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.000202	0.001318	0.011735	0.108656	0.159920
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.000187	0.000294	0.001305	0.048337	0.032456
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.000170	0.000438	0.002979	0.188199	0.168837
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000139	0.000000	0.000002	0.000098	0.000000
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000136	0.000187	0.000428	0.201356	0.083326
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.000129	0.000277	0.003774	0.108964	0.037621
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000119	0.000221	0.000499	0.020623	0.018508
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000111	0.000325	0.000657	0.040852	0.018072
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000096	0.000374	0.007373	0.035514	0.258047
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000092	0.000452	0.003132	0.699890	0.113837
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000082	0.000362	0.000033	0.029978	0.010286
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000068	0.000129	0.003740	0.033961	0.037697
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000062	0.000112	0.000753	0.034471	0.018979
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000050	0.000060	0.000167	0.007849	0.003898
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000046	0.000058	0.001222	0.036208	0.015586
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000038	0.000023	0.000008	0.000043	0.001129
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000029	0.000105	0.000140	0.028657	0.009145
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000024	0.000016	0.000197	0.002060	0.004516
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000023	0.000238	0.000033	0.020852	0.005702
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000017	0.000090	0.000054	0.032369	0.031507
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000008	0.000033	0.000032	0.000515	0.000755
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000006	0.000026	0.000116	0.008167	0.010590
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000003	0.000000	0.000019	0.000050	0.000156
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000003	0.000003	0.000047	0.001030	0.001274
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000003	0.000056	0.000064	0.000616	0.004124
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000002	0.000001	0.000020	0.000023	0.000097
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000002	0.000004	0.000042	0.000537	0.001039
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000002	0.000005	0.000022	0.001219	0.001943
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000002	0.000021	0.000027	0.000904	0.001526
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000001	0.000018	0.000026	0.005972	0.002406
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000001	0.000004	0.000010	0.000283	0.001107
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000011	0.000004
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000003	0.000011	0.000449	0.000140
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000018	0.000014
UruguayURYSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil1.371456
Indonesia0.238328
DR Congo0.225281
Bolivia0.195157
Colombia0.090721

Lowest

Uruguayshared0.000000
Argentinashared0.000000
Arubashared0.000000
United States0.000000
Seychelles0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000517. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.896610
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 0.002987
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil0.754769
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 0.003757
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil298.196407
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.444874
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil28.594604
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.230700

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
98values changed, of 100 in both
35 · 63rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Brazil1.187901 → 1.371456+0.183554
Bolivia0.132905 → 0.195157+0.062252
Ghana0.012442 → 0.035299+0.022857
Liberia0.019892 → 0.040535+0.020643
Côte d’Ivoire0.022507 → 0.042798+0.020292

Fell most

DR Congo0.304882 → 0.225281−0.079600
Colombia0.132299 → 0.090721−0.041578
Nicaragua0.050688 → 0.024907−0.025781
Myanmar0.035930 → 0.019925−0.016005
Malaysia0.056778 → 0.041542−0.015237

− São Tomé and Príncipe

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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One year of the 2026 release
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98 distinct values among 100
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 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 100 countries has every column.

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07Questions