- Tree cover
- 27.7%
- Air quality
- 58Moderate
- Trees in this area
- 87.0K
- More trees needed
- 7.2K
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Sep 24, 2026
Rustavi's tree count comes to 87,022 trees across 12.57 km² — 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 7,226 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rustavi: Below target
27.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
87,022
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
7,226
CO₂ if planted / yr
159.0 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rustavi today: AQI 58, Moderate
Observed Oct 19, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.4
PM10
27.5
NO₂
4.2
O₃
85.0
SO₂
4.4
CO
142.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rustavi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rustavi has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 11 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 8 haabout 11 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rustavi?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 5 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back7.8% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.3% · under 1 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 843 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 965 ha
- Overall change
- +122 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rustavi grew from about 843 hectares to 965 hectares, a net gain of about 122 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 153 hectares, while 30 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city centre, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Rustavi
What is the tree count in Rustavi?
Rustavi has an estimated 87,022 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.7% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rustavi need?
Rustavi needs roughly 7,226 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 159.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Rustavi right now?
The latest reading for Rustavi shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Oct 19, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has the area around Rustavi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rustavi has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 11 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rustavi grew from about 843 hectares to 965 hectares, a net gain of about 122 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 153 hectares, while 30 hectares were lost.
How is Rustavi's tree cover and air quality measured?
Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Rustavi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors.
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