Data for 2023

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2023

2023, as JRC’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2023 covers 100 countries on 5 measures. Brazil is highest, at 0.747666; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.000853. Against 2022, 98 values changed (49 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation · Data for 2023

HighestBrazil

0.747666

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
2023the 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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2023: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

BrazilBRASouth America	0.747666	1.111967	1.168363	296.469213	29.574132
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.333304	0.369195	0.473102	89.531309	22.364951
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.254264	0.439166	0.801353	101.570107	13.687066
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.167773	0.355524	0.183364	21.366979	5.943701
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.101166	0.199463	0.041645	4.430884	3.092297
PeruPERSouth America	0.063369	0.108038	0.185288	65.528077	4.606908
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.054704	0.091386	0.052368	18.519708	2.339791
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.048513	0.055049	0.065320	5.264643	2.396627
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.047971	0.066869	0.065401	14.105752	5.437469
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.044909	0.139796	0.296967	56.570379	6.367230
NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.042031	0.117953	0.018983	1.269361	1.468211
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.039838	0.040331	0.116945	3.059061	1.339993
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.031240	0.133150	0.176422	8.116501	4.382220
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.027757	0.014173	0.007051	2.009044	0.549978
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.026704	0.040765	0.136057	3.580864	1.719425
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.021707	0.035641	0.091696	2.426930	2.148539
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.021262	0.026797	0.249342	1.239935	1.610196
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.021077	0.043777	0.003911	17.726652	0.631372
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.020782	0.025258	0.110563	1.167454	1.456920
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.020140	0.073647	0.027909	1.472895	0.808001
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.019126	0.074120	0.095313	37.499283	3.365324
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.018920	0.031746	0.100253	11.554915	2.137501
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.017220	0.035422	0.167791	3.429317	2.038506
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.016971	0.042480	0.242999	2.602556	2.014688
SurinameSURSouth America	0.016283	0.049803	0.004334	12.960537	0.496942
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.011573	0.022192	0.021979	1.229740	0.825885
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.010760	0.044798	0.199627	4.272759	2.560674
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.010083	0.017039	0.102035	6.265241	1.843691
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.009862	0.026326	0.066209	21.737298	1.379296
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.009803	0.006265	0.104854	0.548550	0.709547
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.008908	0.024730	0.077372	7.276144	4.034410
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.007671	0.104888	0.199367	33.290985	5.482969
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.007221	0.007581	0.086014	1.218807	0.683756
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.006555	0.018914	0.002373	0.750423	0.371799
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.005825	0.020793	0.043688	3.650805	1.708633
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.004584	0.007635	0.017378	0.471214	0.530833
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.003351	0.003526	0.052200	0.431651	0.306352
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.003299	0.009581	0.011939	0.317285	0.390263
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.002794	0.004530	0.031455	0.603634	0.313510
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.002761	0.008747	0.015341	1.612260	0.414684
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.002333	0.001751	0.014776	1.376381	0.634544
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.002130	0.003104	0.019369	0.387015	0.358155
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.002124	0.003340	0.076620	0.342655	0.538368
PanamaPANCentral America	0.001963	0.015304	0.019633	3.138718	0.711745
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.001874	0.002567	0.035373	0.466872	0.176718
GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.001827	0.013721	0.017911	23.169318	0.721976
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.001791	0.007363	0.029693	0.699886	0.656796
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.001413	0.001124	0.002624	0.185685	0.169938
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.001052	0.006813	0.036829	0.421426	0.261387
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.000905	0.000073	0.002789	0.087032	0.034882
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.000801	0.000324	0.011793	0.187627	0.062815
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.000704	0.000339	0.001570	0.020114	0.012363
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000690	0.007937	0.002553	2.342260	0.214545
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000681	0.007493	0.000509	0.737301	0.272101
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.000570	0.005558	0.002585	2.421345	0.178108
FijiFJIMelanesia	0.000537	0.001694	0.003494	0.696303	0.179014
HaitiHTICaribbean	0.000452	0.002757	0.002014	0.027899	0.061691
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.000335	0.007544	0.029831	0.709853	0.448796
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000307	0.000408	0.000854	0.450885	0.053123
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.000251	0.000564	0.003440	0.108228	0.038106
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000239	0.000840	0.000371	0.200305	0.084138
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.000231	0.000076	0.002548	0.032273	0.012150
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000228	0.000014	0.002063	0.020381	0.018522
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.000219	0.000195	0.010388	0.020059	0.046522
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.000170	0.000240	0.006402	0.011656	0.029503
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000159	0.000343	0.009620	0.068371	0.059279
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.000149	0.001490	0.006404	0.107021	0.161405
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	0.000134	0.001198	0.000943	0.698568	0.115025
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000115	0.000142	0.002362	0.033733	0.037810
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.000109	0.000285	0.000098	0.007485	0.004153
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000096	0.000279	0.001778	0.011714	0.013319
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000088	0.000476	0.000940	0.040297	0.018540
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.000087	0.000139	0.002274	0.048115	0.032591
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.000086	0.000292	0.000958	0.034112	0.019252
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.000056	0.000500	0.010524	0.034969	0.258536
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.000056	0.000008	0.000035	0.000028	0.001089
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.000045	0.000101	0.001301	0.036071	0.015679
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000037	0.000181	0.000811	0.029762	0.010466
DominicaDMACaribbean	0.000029	0.000211	0.000136	0.032132	0.031715
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.000024	0.000178	0.000191	0.020653	0.005877
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.000021	0.000130	0.000603	0.028507	0.009274
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000018	0.000028	0.000110	0.002015	0.004543
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000016	0.000019	0.000025	0.000503	0.001058
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000015	0.000009	0.000082	0.000491	0.000764
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.000013	0.000000	0.000000	0.000085	0.000000
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000006	0.000018	0.000028	0.001006	0.001292
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000005	0.000056	0.000096	0.008107	0.010646
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000002	0.000028	0.000491	0.000587	0.004152
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000002	0.000011	0.000343	0.000891	0.001537
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.000001	0.000001	0.000035	0.000021	0.000097
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000001	0.000003	0.000095	0.001215	0.001946
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000001	0.000000	0.000000	0.000017	0.000015
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000001	0.000020	0.000159	0.005951	0.002426
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000001	0.000015	0.000047	0.000267	0.001122
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000000	0.000001	0.000040	0.000048	0.000157
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000000	0.000005	0.000011	0.000444	0.000144
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
AnguillaAIACaribbean	0.000000	0.000000	0.000001	0.000011	0.000004
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
UruguayURYSouth America	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Brazil0.747666
Indonesia0.333304
DR Congo0.254264
Bolivia0.167773
Laos0.101166

Lowest

Uruguayshared0.000000
Argentinashared0.000000
Anguillashared0.000000
United States0.000000
Seychelles0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000853. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Degraded in the year (million hectares)
HighestBrazil1.111967
LowestArgentina0.000000
Middle country: 0.002930
Regrowing forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil1.168363
LowestUnited States0.000000
Middle country: 0.006727
Undisturbed forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil296.469213
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.441268
Degraded forest (million hectares)
HighestBrazil29.574132
LowestUruguay0.000000
Middle country: 0.236541

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 100 in both
49 · 49rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia0.238328 → 0.333304+0.094976
Laos0.065546 → 0.101166+0.035619
DR Congo0.225281 → 0.254264+0.028983
Nicaragua0.024907 → 0.042031+0.017124
Guyana0.006548 → 0.021077+0.014529

Fell most

Brazil1.371456 → 0.747666−0.623790
Colombia0.090721 → 0.044909−0.045812
Bolivia0.195157 → 0.167773−0.027384
Nigeria0.053722 → 0.026704−0.027018
Côte d’Ivoire0.042798 → 0.021262−0.021537

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
Every year in this series comes from JRC’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.
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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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2023). Tropical Moist Forest Deforestation, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tropical-deforestation/2023

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