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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 14 | 64.60 | 24.10 |
| Botswana | 17 | 60.80 | 28.20 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 58.30 | 20.70 |
| Armenia | 19 | 58.20 | 18.20 |
| Bhutan | 28 | 35.60 | -0.10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 33.70 | -3.10 |
| Central African Republic | 33 | 29.20 | -2.10 |
| Bulgaria | 40 | 25.40 | -1.10 |
| Comoros | 43 | 24.80 | -13.10 |
| Switzerland | 45 | 23.80 | -3.60 |
| Albania | 52 | 22.90 | 5.90 |
| Cyprus | 54 | 21.80 | -2.80 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 59 | 20.70 | 0.40 |
| Republic of Congo | 61 | 20.40 | -10.40 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 66 | 19.40 | -2.70 |
| Burundi | 68 | 18.50 | -5.40 |
| Costa Rica | 72 | 17.70 | 1.50 |
| China | 74 | 17.50 | 0.50 |
| Colombia | 80 | 16.00 | -4.00 |
| Angola | 82 | 15.50 | -6.40 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 15.20 | -12.40 |
| Barbados | 84 | 14.50 | -4.60 |
| Canada | 84 | 14.50 | 0.10 |
| Argentina | 88 | 14.20 | 7.40 |
| Belgium | 96 | 13.20 | 4.00 |
| Austria | 97 | 12.90 | -1.60 |
| Chile | 99 | 12.60 | -0.90 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 103 | 11.50 | -8.90 |
| Germany | 103 | 11.50 | -3.10 |
| Brazil | 114 | 10.20 | -4.30 |
| Bolivia | 121 | 9.50 | -5.60 |
| Bahamas | 123 | 9.40 | -9.80 |
| Benin | 126 | 8.70 | -2.60 |
| Belarus | 130 | 8.40 | -8.00 |
| Cuba | 132 | 8.00 | -11.10 |
| Belize | 135 | 6.30 | -7.40 |
| Bangladesh | 138 | 6.00 | -15.50 |
| Burkina Faso | 151 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Czech Republic | 157 | 1.80 | -12.50 |
| Australia | 161 | NA | -11.80 |
| United Arab Emirates | NA | NA | NA |
| Bahrain | NA | NA | NA |
| Cote d'Ivoire | NA | NA | NA |
| Cabo Verde | NA | NA | NA |
| Djibouti | NA | NA | NA |
| Micronesia | 1 | 100.00 | 78.80 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Iraq | 11 | 77.70 | 40.90 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 13 | 65.40 | 19.50 |
| Iran | 16 | 62.60 | 10.70 |
| Georgia | 21 | 54.40 | 9.00 |
| Jordan | 22 | 50.90 | -6.90 |
| Egypt | 23 | 48.30 | 2.50 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 42.50 | 11.60 |
| Guyana | 32 | 30.00 | -9.10 |
| Gabon | 37 | 28.30 | -5.90 |
| Ethiopia | 41 | 25.10 | -1.00 |
| Grenada | 41 | 25.10 | 5.70 |
| Japan | 46 | 23.70 | -2.20 |
| Greece | 48 | 23.50 | 7.90 |
| Israel | 51 | 23.00 | 1.30 |
| Fiji | 53 | 22.70 | -4.60 |
| Ecuador | 56 | 21.00 | 0.10 |
| Croatia | 58 | 20.80 | -7.10 |
| Jamaica | 65 | 19.70 | 0.90 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 71 | 18.10 | -7.10 |
| India | 75 | 17.20 | -7.80 |
| Italy | 77 | 16.60 | -10.60 |
| France | 81 | 15.70 | 0.90 |
| Gambia | 88 | 14.20 | 1.30 |
| Kenya | 91 | 14.10 | 0.90 |
| Hungary | 109 | 11.10 | -3.80 |
| United Kingdom | 109 | 11.10 | 0.10 |
| Denmark | 112 | 10.30 | 0.60 |
| Haiti | 117 | 9.80 | -12.60 |
| Dominican Republic | 121 | 9.50 | -2.70 |
| Spain | 128 | 8.60 | -5.50 |
| Indonesia | 131 | 8.20 | 0.40 |
| Ireland | 133 | 7.80 | -1.70 |
| Algeria | 143 | 5.10 | -9.80 |
| Finland | 145 | 4.60 | -4.60 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 146 | 4.40 | -13.40 |
| Guatemala | 147 | 4.20 | -2.50 |
| Honduras | 149 | 3.60 | -9.10 |
| Estonia | 153 | 3.00 | -7.30 |
| Cambodia | 156 | 2.30 | -2.10 |
| Ghana | 157 | 1.80 | -13.50 |
| Dominica | 161 | NA | -31.10 |
| Guinea | 161 | NA | -22.50 |
| Iceland | NA | NA | NA |
| Kiribati | NA | NA | NA |
| Maldives | 1 | 100.00 | 68.70 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 100.00 | 75.30 |
| Malta | 1 | 100.00 | 91.60 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Niger | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Pakistan | 20 | 56.20 | 24.50 |
| Nepal | 26 | 40.10 | 5.90 |
| Namibia | 31 | 30.60 | 22.40 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 29.00 | -9.90 |
| Saint Lucia | 35 | 28.90 | 2.10 |
| Montenegro | 44 | 24.10 | -5.40 |
| Mongolia | 47 | 23.60 | 15.60 |
| North Macedonia | 50 | 23.30 | 6.90 |
| Moldova | 59 | 20.70 | -17.20 |
| Netherlands | 61 | 20.40 | 0.80 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 20.00 | -7.00 |
| Morocco | 67 | 18.90 | -1.70 |
| Peru | 69 | 18.40 | -6.60 |
| Sri Lanka | 70 | 18.20 | -3.80 |
| South Korea | 78 | 16.40 | -5.20 |
| Philippines | 84 | 14.50 | -3.20 |
| Panama | 87 | 14.30 | 0.60 |
| Lebanon | 88 | 14.20 | -3.70 |
| Luxembourg | 92 | 14.00 | 1.40 |
| Norway | 93 | 13.60 | -6.10 |
| Mexico | 95 | 13.50 | -3.60 |
| New Zealand | 107 | 11.30 | -2.00 |
| Mozambique | 114 | 10.20 | -3.10 |
| Malawi | 116 | 10.00 | -8.50 |
| Myanmar | 117 | 9.80 | -7.40 |
| Poland | 124 | 9.10 | -5.10 |
| Mali | 128 | 8.60 | -8.00 |
| Lithuania | 134 | 6.90 | -3.50 |
| Nigeria | 141 | 5.40 | -14.60 |
| Latvia | 148 | 3.80 | -2.80 |
| Malaysia | 152 | 3.10 | NA |
| Nicaragua | 154 | 2.60 | -2.50 |
| Laos | 159 | 0.80 | -10.10 |
| Madagascar | 160 | 0.60 | -10.10 |
| Liberia | 161 | NA | -14.90 |
| Portugal | 161 | NA | -2.40 |
| Kuwait | NA | NA | NA |
| Marshall Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| Oman | NA | NA | NA |
| Paraguay | 142 | 5.20 | 1.40 |
| Qatar | NA | NA | NA |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 100.00 | 77.30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Tajikistan | 10 | 88.70 | 44.10 |
| Seychelles | 12 | 66.90 | -33.10 |
| Uzbekistan | 15 | 64.50 | 24.00 |
| Sudan | 24 | 43.60 | 5.30 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 | 35.90 | 7.20 |
| Taiwan | 30 | 30.90 | 4.30 |
| Vanuatu | 36 | 28.40 | -13.00 |
| Suriname | 38 | 27.80 | -11.20 |
| Serbia | 39 | 26.20 | -5.50 |
| Timor-Leste | 48 | 23.50 | 1.10 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 55 | 21.70 | 6.80 |
| Romania | 56 | 21.00 | 0.20 |
| Venezuela | 63 | 20.10 | -3.10 |
| El Salvador | 72 | 17.70 | 0.10 |
| Turkey | 76 | 17.10 | -5.10 |
| Slovenia | 79 | 16.30 | -11.10 |
| Rwanda | 93 | 13.60 | -9.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 98 | 12.80 | 0.20 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 12.60 | -2.90 |
| Senegal | 101 | 12.50 | -13.90 |
| Slovakia | 102 | 12.30 | -1.90 |
| Solomon Islands | 103 | 11.50 | -10.30 |
| Zambia | 103 | 11.50 | -6.70 |
| Russia | 108 | 11.20 | -8.00 |
| Ukraine | 109 | 11.10 | -4.30 |
| Eswatini | 112 | 10.30 | 5.40 |
| Thailand | 117 | 9.80 | -3.60 |
| United States of America | 117 | 9.80 | 0.10 |
| Uganda | 125 | 8.80 | -9.80 |
| Togo | 126 | 8.70 | -6.20 |
| Tunisia | 135 | 6.30 | -13.80 |
| Uruguay | 137 | 6.20 | 0.80 |
| South Africa | 139 | 5.80 | -1.30 |
| Sweden | 140 | 5.70 | -3.00 |
| Singapore | 144 | 5.00 | -11.40 |
| Chad | 149 | 3.60 | -9.10 |
| Viet Nam | 155 | 2.40 | -8.40 |
| Sierra Leone | 161 | NA | -17.20 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | NA | NA | NA |
| Tonga | NA | NA | NA |
| Samoa | NA | NA | NA |