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Air quality in Rakhine today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Kyaukpyu has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Rakhine (AQI 7, Good), and Ann the worst (AQI 19, Good). Thandwe has the most tree cover, at 66.3% — #1 of 32 cities measured in Myanmar.

Every city is measured the same way, over the same 1.2 mi (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 10

Good

US EPA index, across 4 cities
cities tracked
4
average tree cover
50.3%
Myanmar: 44.4%
worst air now: Ann
19
cleanest air now: Kyaukpyu
7

Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.

Rakhine · average AQI 10

Air quality today across Rakhine, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Rakhine, Myanmar
Kyaukpyu7Good40.1%—#21 of 32
Sittwe7Good41.3%—#18 of 32
Thandwe7Good66.3%—#1 of 32
Ann19Good53.6%——

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 1.2 mi (2 km) of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Myanmar.

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Rakhine lost?

Since 2001, Rakhine has lost about 218,000 hectares of forest (about 2,200 km²): 8.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to shifting farming, so much of it can grow back. About 41,500 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001
218,000 haabout 2,200 km²
Share of its forest
8.7%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
41,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Rakhine, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Rakhine, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.15.6K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Rakhine, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001686 ha2,310 ha2,990 ha
2002998 ha2,080 ha3,080 ha
2003862 ha1,830 ha2,690 ha
20041,500 ha2,830 ha4,330 ha
20051,670 ha2,640 ha4,310 ha
20062,010 ha2,800 ha4,810 ha
20072,010 ha4,150 ha6,150 ha
20083,400 ha5,010 ha8,410 ha
20094,210 ha5,020 ha9,220 ha
20105,100 ha10,500 ha15,600 ha
20112,420 ha4,660 ha7,080 ha
20122,320 ha4,850 ha7,160 ha
20131,160 ha7,220 ha8,380 ha
20141,360 ha8,640 ha10,000 ha
2015860 ha9,120 ha9,980 ha
20161,020 ha13,300 ha14,300 ha
20171,010 ha13,500 ha14,500 ha
2018753 ha8,880 ha9,640 ha
2019762 ha8,120 ha8,880 ha
20201,260 ha9,060 ha10,300 ha
20211,040 ha8,520 ha9,560 ha
2022939 ha7,250 ha8,190 ha
20231,670 ha10,900 ha12,600 ha
20241,530 ha13,600 ha15,100 ha
2025960 ha10,100 ha11,000 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 11,300 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 11,500 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 15,600 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Rakhine?

  • Shifting farmingcan grow back75% · 163,000 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 40,200 ha
  • Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back4.1% · 8,890 ha

Also: logging, mining and energy, wildfires, 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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