Venezuela · Bolívar · 3 cities
Air quality in Bolívar, Venezuela today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Upata has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Bolívar (AQI 9, Good), and Ciudad Bolívar the worst (AQI 29, Good). Upata has the most tree cover, at 44.1% — #4 of 57 cities measured in Venezuela.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
Average right now
AQI 17
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 28.1%
- Venezuela: 27.3%
- worst air now: Ciudad Bolívar
- 29
- cleanest air now: Upata
- 9
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Bolívar · average AQI 17
Air quality today across Bolívar, Venezuela, city by city
| Ciudad Guayana | 14Good | 16.1% | 43.7K | #45 of 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Bolívar | 29Good | 24.2% | 18.2K | #32 of 57 |
| Upata | 9Good | 44.1% | — | #4 of 57 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Venezuela.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bolívar, Venezuela lost?
Since 2001, Bolívar, Venezuela has lost about 595,000 hectares of forest (about 5,900 km²): 3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 595,000 haabout 5,900 km²
- Share of its forest
- 3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 420,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16,900 ha | 7,450 ha | 24,300 ha |
| 2002 | 11,200 ha | 2,750 ha | 13,900 ha |
| 2003 | 12,800 ha | 8,060 ha | 20,900 ha |
| 2004 | 11,900 ha | 2,580 ha | 14,500 ha |
| 2005 | 10,700 ha | 2,450 ha | 13,100 ha |
| 2006 | 15,100 ha | 2,650 ha | 17,700 ha |
| 2007 | 12,200 ha | 4,530 ha | 16,800 ha |
| 2008 | 16,200 ha | 3,010 ha | 19,200 ha |
| 2009 | 28,400 ha | 4,410 ha | 32,800 ha |
| 2010 | 15,300 ha | 4,410 ha | 19,700 ha |
| 2011 | 17,100 ha | 2,620 ha | 19,700 ha |
| 2012 | 20,000 ha | 4,960 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 2013 | 11,300 ha | 3,190 ha | 14,500 ha |
| 2014 | 21,600 ha | 4,820 ha | 26,400 ha |
| 2015 | 12,600 ha | 4,250 ha | 16,900 ha |
| 2016 | 23,300 ha | 11,500 ha | 34,800 ha |
| 2017 | 25,300 ha | 5,920 ha | 31,200 ha |
| 2018 | 16,400 ha | 4,530 ha | 20,900 ha |
| 2019 | 22,100 ha | 14,600 ha | 36,700 ha |
| 2020 | 24,200 ha | 14,100 ha | 38,300 ha |
| 2021 | 10,200 ha | 4,800 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 2022 | 10,100 ha | 3,600 ha | 13,700 ha |
| 2023 | 16,800 ha | 5,160 ha | 22,000 ha |
| 2024 | 26,500 ha | 42,000 ha | 68,400 ha |
| 2025 | 11,900 ha | 6,150 ha | 18,100 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 27,400 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 32,400 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 68,400 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Bolívar, Venezuela?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good62% · 370,000 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back11% · 67,300 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.1% · 48,400 ha
Also: shifting farming, storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, towns and roads, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
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