We measure tree cover loss as a proportion: the average annual loss in forest area over the past five years, divided by the total extent of forest area in the year 2000. Forested areas include parcels with ≥30% canopy cover. Recognizing the greater value of mature forests, this metric only looks at gross losses, not net. Data for this indicator come from Global Forest Watch. A score of 100 indicates virtually no tree cover loss, and a score of 0 indicates the worst levels of loss.
Tree cover loss
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | - | - | - |
| United Arab Emirates | - | - | - |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | - |
| Cabo Verde | - | - | - |
| Bahrain | - | - | - |
| Samoa | - | - | - |
| Iceland | - | - | - |
| Kiribati | - | - | - |
| Qatar | - | - | - |
| Tonga | - | - | - |
| Djibouti | - | - | - |
| Kuwait | - | - | - |
| Micronesia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 100 | - |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 100 | 100 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 100 | 37.5 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 100 | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Malta | 1 | 100 | 64.9 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 100 | - |
| Niger | 1 | 100 | - |
| Turkmenistan | 10 | 98.1 | 65.4 |
| Iraq | 11 | 96.3 | 36.8 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 95 | 45 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 13 | 93.6 | 22.8 |
| Iran | 14 | 93.2 | 17.9 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 83.7 | 36.6 |
| Seychelles | 16 | 83.5 | -16.5 |
| Armenia | 17 | 82.4 | 17.8 |
| Georgia | 18 | 81.5 | 17.6 |
| Azerbaijan | 19 | 80.2 | 18.6 |
| Jordan | 20 | 79.6 | 17.4 |
| Maldives | 21 | 77 | 25.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 72.2 | 9.8 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 69.5 | 20.5 |
| Botswana | 24 | 68.9 | 28.2 |
| Nepal | 25 | 65.8 | 10 |
| Sudan | 26 | 61.8 | 12.6 |
| Egypt | 27 | 61.1 | 1.6 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28 | 57.2 | 4.9 |
| Bhutan | 29 | 56.4 | -8.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 54.3 | 1.1 |
| Namibia | 31 | 52.1 | 35.7 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 51.2 | -0.4 |
| Guyana | 33 | 50.6 | -12.6 |
| Central African Republic | 34 | 48.6 | -4.4 |
| Saint Lucia | 35 | 47.9 | 0.8 |
| Suriname | 36 | 47.1 | -15.6 |
| Vanuatu | 37 | 47 | -22.5 |
| Switzerland | 38 | 46.1 | 3.3 |
| Gabon | 39 | 44.7 | -9.6 |
| Serbia | 40 | 44.5 | -6.5 |
| Lesotho | 41 | 44 | -14.7 |
| Mauritius | 42 | 43.9 | 7.5 |
| Japan | 43 | 42.9 | -0.8 |
| Greece | 44 | 42.8 | 13.3 |
| North Macedonia | 45 | 42 | 8.6 |
| Montenegro | 46 | 41.2 | -5.2 |
| Albania | 47 | 41.1 | 12 |
| Bulgaria | 48 | 41 | -1 |
| Timor-Leste | 49 | 40.7 | 2.8 |
| Gambia | 49 | 40.7 | 28.6 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 40.6 | 2.4 |
| Ethiopia | 52 | 40.5 | -3.2 |
| Grenada | 53 | 40.2 | 13.8 |
| Moldova | 54 | 39.8 | -17.6 |
| Barbados | 55 | 39.5 | 2.1 |
| Croatia | 56 | 39 | -4.4 |
| Ecuador | 57 | 38.6 | 0.6 |
| Mongolia | 57 | 38.6 | 17 |
| Romania | 59 | 38.4 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 59 | 38.4 | -3.1 |
| Germany | 61 | 38.2 | 8.3 |
| Fiji | 62 | 38.1 | -7.5 |
| Cyprus | 63 | 37.7 | -0.5 |
| Israel | 64 | 37 | 2.1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 65 | 36.4 | 1.8 |
| Republic of Congo | 66 | 36.2 | -16 |
| Italy | 67 | 35.8 | -9.2 |
| Morocco | 67 | 35.8 | 2.4 |
| Peru | 69 | 35.6 | -8 |
| Turkey | 69 | 35.6 | -1.4 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 71 | 35.4 | -2.4 |
| Jamaica | 72 | 34.4 | 4.7 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 72 | 34.4 | -3.5 |
| Costa Rica | 74 | 34.3 | 1.4 |
| Sri Lanka | 75 | 34.1 | -7.7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 34 | -11.8 |
| France | 77 | 33.6 | 1.4 |
| Colombia | 78 | 33.3 | -2.7 |
| Lebanon | 79 | 33.1 | 0.9 |
| Panama | 80 | 33 | 2.7 |
| South Korea | 81 | 32.8 | -7.6 |
| El Salvador | 82 | 32.7 | 2.2 |
| Burundi | 82 | 32.7 | -6.5 |
| China | 84 | 32.6 | -0.5 |
| Austria | 85 | 32.5 | 3.8 |
| Comoros | 86 | 32.1 | -29.3 |
| Slovenia | 87 | 31.9 | -13.7 |
| India | 88 | 31.8 | -9.2 |
| Angola | 89 | 31.2 | -10.5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 90 | 30.7 | -20.3 |
| Luxembourg | 90 | 30.7 | 0.5 |
| Norway | 92 | 30.5 | -5.4 |
| Cameroon | 93 | 30.3 | -18 |
| Mexico | 94 | 29.8 | -2.9 |
| Belgium | 95 | 29 | 3.7 |
| Bolivia | 96 | 28.2 | -3.8 |
| Philippines | 97 | 28.1 | -7.8 |
| Kenya | 98 | 27.8 | 1 |
| Argentina | 99 | 27.6 | 8.9 |
| Zambia | 99 | 27.6 | -12.3 |
| Canada | 101 | 26.7 | - |
| Russia | 102 | 26.3 | -7.4 |
| Rwanda | 102 | 26.3 | -13.3 |
| Slovakia | 102 | 26.3 | -1.6 |
| Denmark | 105 | 26.2 | 3.8 |
| Tanzania | 106 | 25.7 | -5.7 |
| Solomon Islands | 107 | 25.5 | -14 |
| Bahamas | 108 | 25.4 | -7 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 109 | 25.2 | -13.7 |
| Ukraine | 109 | 25.2 | -5 |
| Chile | 109 | 25.2 | -2.2 |
| New Zealand | 112 | 24.9 | -2.9 |
| Hungary | 113 | 24.7 | -4.1 |
| Brazil | 114 | 24.6 | -1.9 |
| Australia | 115 | 24.5 | -4 |
| Belarus | 116 | 24.1 | -7.1 |
| Czech Republic | 117 | 24 | -3.2 |
| United Kingdom | 117 | 24 | -3.8 |
| Poland | 119 | 23.9 | -4.4 |
| Dominican Republic | 120 | 23.7 | 0.1 |
| Togo | 121 | 23.5 | -8.3 |
| Myanmar | 122 | 23.4 | -12.8 |
| Thailand | 123 | 23.3 | -6.6 |
| United States of America | 124 | 23.2 | 2.2 |
| Haiti | 125 | 22.8 | -15.6 |
| Senegal | 126 | 22.7 | -10.3 |
| Ireland | 127 | 22.5 | 1.7 |
| Mozambique | 127 | 22.5 | -5.2 |
| Spain | 129 | 21.9 | -5.9 |
| Belize | 130 | 21.4 | -9.2 |
| Lithuania | 130 | 21.4 | -2.9 |
| Cuba | 132 | 21.3 | -11.5 |
| Eswatini | 133 | 21 | 4.5 |
| Zimbabwe | 134 | 20.8 | -3.4 |
| Nigeria | 135 | 20.6 | -18.9 |
| Benin | 136 | 20.4 | 1.7 |
| Bangladesh | 137 | 20.3 | -17.7 |
| Malawi | 138 | 20.2 | -8.4 |
| Uganda | 139 | 20.1 | -11.8 |
| Sweden | 140 | 19.8 | -1.4 |
| Mali | 141 | 19.3 | -10.6 |
| Indonesia | 142 | 19 | -3.1 |
| Chad | 143 | 18.6 | -12.6 |
| Singapore | 144 | 18.4 | -16.5 |
| Finland | 144 | 18.4 | -3.6 |
| Latvia | 146 | 18.2 | -1.7 |
| Guatemala | 147 | 18 | -0.9 |
| Algeria | 148 | 17.3 | -12.7 |
| South Africa | 149 | 17.1 | 1.3 |
| Estonia | 149 | 17.1 | -7.7 |
| Honduras | 151 | 16.9 | -11.6 |
| Uruguay | 152 | 16.7 | -1.4 |
| Paraguay | 153 | 16.6 | -0.9 |
| Tunisia | 154 | 16 | -21 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 154 | 16 | -17 |
| Nicaragua | 156 | 15.7 | -7.5 |
| Viet Nam | 157 | 14.1 | -13.6 |
| Cambodia | 158 | 13.8 | -7.7 |
| Ghana | 159 | 13.7 | -15.6 |
| Laos | 160 | 13.6 | -15.2 |
| Malaysia | 161 | 12.7 | -4.3 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 162 | 11.8 | -14.9 |
| Liberia | 163 | 11.2 | -24.4 |
| Guinea | 164 | 9.4 | -27.9 |
| Madagascar | 165 | 9.2 | -16 |
| Sierra Leone | 166 | 3.8 | -31.5 |
| Portugal | 167 | 2 | -10.4 |
| Dominica | 168 | - | -51.5 |