Ranking · 2001–2025
The most deforested countries
163 countries with forest, ranked by how much of it was cleared for good since 2001, by share, by all forest lost, and by where loss is speeding up.
Brazil has cleared the most forest for good since 2001, about 56.2 million ha. Deforestation here means forest turned into farms, mines and towns; forest lost to fire and logging, which usually grows back, is counted separately as forest lost.
Ranked by forest cleared for good
CSV| # | Country | Cleared for good | Share of its forest | All forest lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 56.2 million ha | 11% | 76.6 million ha |
| 2 | Indonesia | 25 million ha | 16% | 33 million ha |
| 3 | Malaysia | 7.55 million ha | 26% | 9.77 million ha |
| 4 | Paraguay | 6.78 million ha | 28% | 7.43 million ha |
| 5 | Bolivia | 5.81 million ha | 8.9% | 10.6 million ha |
| 6 | Argentina | 5.72 million ha | 15% | 7.18 million ha |
| 7 | Colombia | 5.2 million ha | 6.3% | 5.8 million ha |
| 8 | Mexico | 4.39 million ha | 8.2% | 5.46 million ha |
| 9 | Ivory Coast | 4.08 million ha | 27% | 4.21 million ha |
| 10 | United States | 4 million ha | 1.4% | 51 million ha |
| 11 | Mozambique | 3.99 million ha | 14% | 4.86 million ha |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.48 million ha | 1.7% | 22.5 million ha |
| 13 | Angola | 3.18 million ha | 5.7% | 4.62 million ha |
| 14 | Tanzania | 3.1 million ha | 12% | 3.69 million ha |
| 15 | Peru | 3.05 million ha | 3.9% | 4.61 million ha |
| 16 | Cambodia | 2.84 million ha | 32% | 2.97 million ha |
| 17 | Thailand | 2.49 million ha | 12% | 2.84 million ha |
| 18 | China | 2.24 million ha | 1.4% | 13.5 million ha |
| 19 | Zambia | 2.19 million ha | 9% | 2.95 million ha |
| 20 | Laos | 2.09 million ha | 11% | 5.4 million ha |
| 21 | Myanmar | 2 million ha | 4.7% | 5.35 million ha |
| 22 | Venezuela | 1.92 million ha | 3.4% | 2.66 million ha |
| 23 | Ghana | 1.84 million ha | 26% | 1.88 million ha |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 1.64 million ha | 23% | 1.88 million ha |
| 25 | Guatemala | 1.57 million ha | 21% | 1.93 million ha |
| 26 | Nigeria | 1.44 million ha | 14% | 1.56 million ha |
| 27 | Vietnam | 1.41 million ha | 8.4% | 3.85 million ha |
| 28 | Honduras | 1.34 million ha | 17% | 1.5 million ha |
| 29 | Madagascar | 1.13 million ha | 6.6% | 5.42 million ha |
| 30 | Cameroon | 1.06 million ha | 3.4% | 2.43 million ha |
| 31 | Uganda | 1.04 million ha | 13% | 1.23 million ha |
| 32 | Russia | 1 million ha | under 1% | 91.7 million ha |
| 33 | Philippines | 939,000 ha | 5.2% | 1.53 million ha |
| 34 | Canada | 899,000 ha | under 1% | 65.6 million ha |
| 35 | Ecuador | 875,000 ha | 4.6% | 1.12 million ha |
| 36 | Liberia | 749,000 ha | 8% | 2.66 million ha |
| 37 | India | 730,000 ha | 1.9% | 2.6 million ha |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 635,000 ha | 1.3% | 1.16 million ha |
| 39 | Guinea | 491,000 ha | 6% | 2.42 million ha |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 484,000 ha | 4% | 559,000 ha |
| 41 | Panama | 446,000 ha | 7.9% | 545,000 ha |
| 42 | Australia | 402,000 ha | under 1% | 9.57 million ha |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 337,000 ha | 6.1% | 2.27 million ha |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 318,000 ha | 12% | 406,000 ha |
| 45 | Kenya | 308,000 ha | 9.3% | 410,000 ha |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 264,000 ha | under 1% | 1.99 million ha |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 249,000 ha | 7.1% | 270,000 ha |
| 48 | Belize | 243,000 ha | 14% | 353,000 ha |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 237,000 ha | 6% | 250,000 ha |
| 50 | Cuba | 208,000 ha | 5.2% | 430,000 ha |
| 51 | Malawi | 190,000 ha | 12% | 288,000 ha |
| 52 | Guyana | 184,000 ha | under 1% | 394,000 ha |
| 53 | South Africa | 169,000 ha | 2.8% | 1.66 million ha |
| 54 | Suriname | 164,000 ha | 1.2% | 297,000 ha |
| 55 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 163,000 ha | 12% | 231,000 ha |
| 56 | New Zealand | 152,000 ha | 1.4% | 1.51 million ha |
| 57 | Republic of the Congo | 147,000 ha | under 1% | 1.23 million ha |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 130,000 ha | 13% | 212,000 ha |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 126,000 ha | 9.2% | 242,000 ha |
| 60 | Gabon | 124,000 ha | under 1% | 571,000 ha |
| 61 | Japan | 108,000 ha | under 1% | 1.02 million ha |
| 62 | Finland | 99,500 ha | under 1% | 5.01 million ha |
| 63 | Chile | 96,100 ha | under 1% | 2.43 million ha |
| 64 | South Sudan | 88,800 ha | under 1% | 155,000 ha |
| 65 | Turkey | 88,400 ha | under 1% | 843,000 ha |
| 66 | Chad | 87,700 ha | 22% | 97,100 ha |
| 67 | El Salvador | 85,700 ha | 8.6% | 87,500 ha |
| 68 | Spain | 81,100 ha | under 1% | 1.79 million ha |
| 69 | France | 78,500 ha | under 1% | 1.62 million ha |
| 70 | South Korea | 67,300 ha | 1.3% | 436,000 ha |
| 71 | French Guiana | 66,800 ha | under 1% | 97,700 ha |
| 72 | Togo | 63,900 ha | 11% | 89,600 ha |
| 73 | Sweden | 63,400 ha | under 1% | 6.35 million ha |
| 74 | North Korea | 61,000 ha | 1.2% | 302,000 ha |
| 75 | Jamaica | 54,200 ha | 7.1% | 76,900 ha |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 53,900 ha | 2% | 158,000 ha |
| 77 | Italy | 50,500 ha | under 1% | 547,000 ha |
| 78 | Benin | 50,000 ha | 29% | 51,100 ha |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 49,400 ha | 2.7% | 263,000 ha |
| 80 | Norway | 47,300 ha | under 1% | 1.07 million ha |
| 81 | Haiti | 46,300 ha | 5.4% | 80,600 ha |
| 82 | Germany | 43,700 ha | under 1% | 1.49 million ha |
| 83 | Uruguay | 42,800 ha | 2.6% | 444,000 ha |
| 84 | Portugal | 36,800 ha | 1.6% | 1.3 million ha |
| 85 | Poland | 35,100 ha | under 1% | 1.52 million ha |
| 86 | Puerto Rico | 35,100 ha | 6.7% | 77,200 ha |
| 87 | Burundi | 34,800 ha | 6.4% | 40,000 ha |
| 88 | Nepal | 33,100 ha | under 1% | 61,600 ha |
| 89 | Timor Leste | 30,900 ha | 4.2% | 34,700 ha |
| 90 | Rwanda | 30,300 ha | 6% | 54,000 ha |
| 91 | Brunei | 28,700 ha | 5.5% | 44,900 ha |
| 92 | Greece | 26,300 ha | under 1% | 313,000 ha |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23,300 ha | 6.1% | 25,400 ha |
| 94 | Algeria | 20,600 ha | 1.7% | 234,000 ha |
| 95 | Taiwan | 19,800 ha | under 1% | 50,800 ha |
| 96 | Ukraine | 19,500 ha | under 1% | 1.4 million ha |
| 97 | Morocco | 18,000 ha | 2.6% | 62,700 ha |
| 98 | Belarus | 16,800 ha | under 1% | 1.26 million ha |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 15,700 ha | under 1% | 607,000 ha |
| 100 | Reunion | 14,400 ha | 4.8% | 18,000 ha |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 13,600 ha | under 1% | 226,000 ha |
| 102 | Bhutan | 12,200 ha | under 1% | 31,800 ha |
| 103 | Mayotte | 11,500 ha | under 1% | 2.96 million ha |
| 104 | Austria | 9,970 ha | under 1% | 464,000 ha |
| 105 | Eswatini | 9,960 ha | 2.2% | 114,000 ha |
| 106 | Estonia | 9,520 ha | under 1% | 656,000 ha |
| 107 | Cocos Islands | 7,940 ha | 2.1% | 90,000 ha |
| 108 | Romania | 7,300 ha | under 1% | 466,000 ha |
| 109 | Ireland | 7,160 ha | under 1% | 172,000 ha |
| 110 | Croatia | 7,080 ha | under 1% | 118,000 ha |
| 111 | Latvia | 6,980 ha | under 1% | 1.01 million ha |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 6,190 ha | under 1% | 163,000 ha |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 6,130 ha | under 1% | 31,500 ha |
| 114 | Bahamas | 5,780 ha | 2.1% | 35,300 ha |
| 115 | Albania | 5,640 ha | under 1% | 50,600 ha |
| 116 | Belgium | 5,570 ha | under 1% | 126,000 ha |
| 117 | Mali | 5,490 ha | 20% | 5,580 ha |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,350 ha | under 1% | 45,100 ha |
| 119 | Hungary | 5,010 ha | under 1% | 291,000 ha |
| 120 | Slovenia | 4,880 ha | under 1% | 66,600 ha |
| 121 | Somalia | 4,400 ha | 4.9% | 5,040 ha |
| 122 | Senegal | 4,280 ha | 11% | 5,440 ha |
| 123 | The Netherlands | 3,940 ha | under 1% | 33,800 ha |
| 124 | Czechia | 3,890 ha | under 1% | 608,000 ha |
| 125 | Serbia | 3,820 ha | under 1% | 83,000 ha |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 3,780 ha | under 1% | 8,450 ha |
| 127 | Lithuania | 3,680 ha | under 1% | 467,000 ha |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 3,600 ha | under 1% | 90,400 ha |
| 129 | Tunisia | 3,470 ha | 1.5% | 41,800 ha |
| 130 | Denmark | 3,370 ha | under 1% | 104,000 ha |
| 131 | Switzerland | 3,280 ha | under 1% | 56,900 ha |
| 132 | Comoros | 3,210 ha | 2.5% | 6,220 ha |
| 133 | Guadeloupe | 3,050 ha | 3.1% | 3,200 ha |
| 134 | Fiji | 2,970 ha | under 1% | 52,300 ha |
| 135 | Montenegro | 2,960 ha | under 1% | 22,200 ha |
| 136 | Martinique | 2,940 ha | 4.1% | 3,050 ha |
| 137 | Dominica | 2,860 ha | 4.3% | 24,500 ha |
| 138 | Mongolia | 2,750 ha | under 1% | 439,000 ha |
| 139 | Slovakia | 2,750 ha | under 1% | 256,000 ha |
| 140 | Mauritius | 2,310 ha | 3.7% | 2,580 ha |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 2,200 ha | under 1% | 15,100 ha |
| 142 | Singapore | 2,200 ha | 17% | 2,220 ha |
| 143 | Lebanon | 2,100 ha | 3.2% | 7,140 ha |
| 144 | Georgia | 1,920 ha | under 1% | 9,270 ha |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 1,810 ha | under 1% | 52,900 ha |
| 146 | Grenada | 1,560 ha | 5.9% | 1,900 ha |
| 147 | Iran | 1,370 ha | under 1% | 4,270 ha |
| 148 | Syria | 1,240 ha | 1.2% | 41,800 ha |
| 149 | Sudan | 1,110 ha | 1.7% | 1,260 ha |
| 150 | Kosovo | 1,080 ha | under 1% | 19,100 ha |
| 151 | Egypt | 1,030 ha | under 1% | 1,580 ha |
| 152 | Israel | 1,000 ha | 3.4% | 3,110 ha |
| 153 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 918 ha | 5.3% | 1,870 ha |
| 154 | Saint Lucia | 869 ha | 1.7% | 1,110 ha |
| 155 | Pakistan | 784 ha | under 1% | 10,300 ha |
| 156 | Moldova | 483 ha | under 1% | 16,800 ha |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 468 ha | under 1% | 2,670 ha |
| 158 | Uzbekistan | 366 ha | under 1% | 1,200 ha |
| 159 | Armenia | 365 ha | under 1% | 2,230 ha |
| 160 | Aland Islands | 332 ha | under 1% | 13,200 ha |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 254 ha | under 1% | 12,100 ha |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 232 ha | under 1% | 1,870 ha |
| 163 | Cyprus | 156 ha | under 1% | 3,730 ha |
Largest share of forest cleared
Forest cleared for good, as a share of the forest each country had in 2000.
| Country | Share of its forest | Cleared for good |
|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 32% | 2.84 million ha |
| Benin | 29% | 50,000 ha |
| Paraguay | 28% | 6.78 million ha |
| Ivory Coast | 27% | 4.08 million ha |
| Ghana | 26% | 1.84 million ha |
| Malaysia | 26% | 7.55 million ha |
| Nicaragua | 23% | 1.64 million ha |
| Chad | 22% | 87,700 ha |
| Guatemala | 21% | 1.57 million ha |
| Mali | 20% | 5,490 ha |
| Honduras | 17% | 1.34 million ha |
| Singapore | 17% | 2,200 ha |
| Indonesia | 16% | 25 million ha |
| Argentina | 15% | 5.72 million ha |
| Nigeria | 14% | 1.44 million ha |
| Belize | 14% | 243,000 ha |
| Mozambique | 14% | 3.99 million ha |
| Uganda | 13% | 1.04 million ha |
| Guinea-Bissau | 13% | 130,000 ha |
| Thailand | 12% | 2.49 million ha |
Most forest lost, all causes
Including fire, logging and storms, after which forest can grow back.
| Country | Forest lost | Share of its forest |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 91.7 million ha | 12% |
| Brazil | 76.6 million ha | 15% |
| Canada | 65.6 million ha | 17% |
| United States | 51 million ha | 18% |
| Indonesia | 33 million ha | 21% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22.5 million ha | 11% |
| China | 13.5 million ha | 8.3% |
| Bolivia | 10.6 million ha | 16% |
| Malaysia | 9.77 million ha | 33% |
| Australia | 9.57 million ha | 23% |
| Paraguay | 7.43 million ha | 30% |
| Argentina | 7.18 million ha | 18% |
| Sweden | 6.35 million ha | 23% |
| Colombia | 5.8 million ha | 7.1% |
| Mexico | 5.46 million ha | 10% |
| Madagascar | 5.42 million ha | 32% |
| Laos | 5.4 million ha | 28% |
| Myanmar | 5.35 million ha | 13% |
| Finland | 5.01 million ha | 24% |
| Mozambique | 4.86 million ha | 17% |
Where forest loss is speeding up
Average forest lost each year in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020, for countries where it rose by at least a quarter.
| Country | 2021–2025 a year | 2016–2020 a year |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 4.8 million ha | 1.92 million ha |
| Bolivia | 888,000 ha | 502,000 ha |
| Zambia | 216,000 ha | 147,000 ha |
| Angola | 300,000 ha | 236,000 ha |
| Mayotte | 135,000 ha | 99,600 ha |
| Germany | 111,000 ha | 81,200 ha |
| Turkey | 59,700 ha | 35,900 ha |
| Greece | 25,400 ha | 6,960 ha |
| Guyana | 35,000 ha | 19,100 ha |
| South Korea | 33,400 ha | 21,100 ha |
| Kazakhstan | 6,230 ha | 1,290 ha |
| Chad | 9,430 ha | 5,030 ha |
| Jamaica | 5,480 ha | 2,110 ha |
| Cocos Islands | 5,870 ha | 3,540 ha |
| Morocco | 4,350 ha | 2,260 ha |
Questions about deforestation by country
Which country has the most deforestation?
Brazil: about 56.2 million ha of forest cleared for good from 2001 to 2025, 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Indonesia (25 million ha) and Malaysia (7.55 million ha) come next.
Which country has lost the largest share of its forest?
Among countries with at least 10,000 hectares of forest in 2000, Cambodia has cleared the largest share for good: 32% of it since 2001.
Is deforestation increasing worldwide?
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 26.3 million hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 26.8 million hectares a year in 2016–2020. That counts all forest lost, including to fire, which swings a lot from year to year.
What is the difference between deforestation and forest loss?
Forest loss (also called tree cover loss) is any loss of trees taller than 5 m, including to logging and fire, after which forest often grows back. Deforestation is only the forest cleared for good: turned into farms, pasture or plantations, mines, or towns and roads.