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Trees & air quality in Chile
How much tree cover Chile's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 25.0%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- SantiagoAQI 108
5 cities in Chile
Santiago
2 km around Santiago
Tree cover
6%
91.5K
trees needed
to reach 35%
Antofagasta
2 km around Antofagasta
Tree cover
0%
61.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Viña del Mar
2 km around Viña del Mar
Tree cover
27%
9.4K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Puerto Montt
2 km radius
Arica
2 km around Arica
Tree cover
1%
82.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Chile as a whole
25.0% of Chile was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 3.7B trees across 3.7M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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