Tree cover loss
This indicator measures the five-year average loss of trees (at ≥30% canopy cover), across the entire country, as a proportion of tree cover in the baseline year of 2000. A score of 100 indicates no tree cover loss in the past five years, and a score of 0 indicates among the worst rates of tree cover loss in the world. Data on tree cover extent and loss come from Global Nature Watch.
Note: Countries with less than 2,000 hectares of tree cover in 2000 are not scored on this indicator. Weight assigned to the Forests issue category is reapportioned to other issue categories within the Ecosystem Vitality policy objective.
EPI MeasureTree Cover Loss
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| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change | Regional Rank | Regional Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 1 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 1 | 19.42 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 19.42 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 100.0 | 66.1 | 1 | 42.86 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 67.21 | 16.05 | 3 | 19.42 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 63.47 | 24.69 | 2 | 42.86 |
| Iran | 6 | 62.61 | 10.6 | 1 | 31.03 |
| Tajikistan | 7 | 60.1 | 13.45 | 3 | 42.86 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 58.11 | 8.62 | 4 | 42.86 |
| Iraq | 9 | 57.59 | 16.48 | 2 | 31.03 |
| Armenia | 10 | 54.64 | 14.19 | 5 | 42.86 |
| Botswana | 11 | 54.38 | 23.62 | 4 | 19.42 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 54.32 | 9.59 | 1 | 31.68 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 51.16 | 12.32 | 2 | 31.68 |
| Azerbaijan | 14 | 50.01 | 6.9 | 6 | 42.86 |
| Georgia | 15 | 49.89 | -0.14 | 7 | 42.86 |
| Egypt | 16 | 49.42 | 20.08 | 3 | 31.03 |
| Jordan | 17 | 48.61 | -5.59 | 4 | 31.03 |
| Mongolia | 18 | 45.92 | 24.17 | 1 | 19.24 |
| Palau | 19 | 41.09 | 10.78 | 2 | 19.24 |
| Nepal | 20 | 38.03 | 0.2 | 3 | 31.68 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 21 | 37.52 | 4.51 | 1 | 18.42 |
| Bhutan | 22 | 36.74 | 1.54 | 4 | 31.68 |
| Namibia | 23 | 35.94 | 23.88 | 5 | 19.42 |
| Sudan | 24 | 35.75 | 2.63 | 5 | 31.03 |
| Saint Lucia | 25 | 35.37 | 6.91 | 2 | 18.42 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 26 | 32.15 | -2.45 | 1 | 16.51 |
| Taiwan | 27 | 31.78 | -3.17 | 3 | 19.24 |
| Vanuatu | 28 | 31.62 | -5.98 | 4 | 19.24 |
| Dominica | 29 | 31.41 | -0.09 | 3 | 18.42 |
| St. Vincent & the Gren. | 30 | 30.93 | 0.57 | 4 | 18.42 |
| Gabon | 31 | 30.73 | 1.63 | 6 | 19.42 |
| Maldives | 32 | 28.37 | -3.76 | 5 | 31.68 |
| Central African Rep. | 33 | 28.28 | -1.16 | 7 | 19.42 |
| Bulgaria | 34 | 27.81 | 0.25 | 2 | 16.51 |
| Lesotho | 35 | 27.45 | -2.89 | 8 | 19.42 |
| Kazakhstan | 36 | 27.1 | -6.59 | 8 | 42.86 |
| Suriname | 37 | 26.51 | -5.82 | 5 | 18.42 |
| Fiji | 38 | 25.88 | -1.44 | 5 | 19.24 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 39 | 25.65 | -2.13 | 6 | 18.42 |
| Montenegro | 40 | 25.52 | 1.54 | 3 | 16.51 |
| Timor-Leste | 41 | 24.6 | -0.13 | 6 | 19.24 |
| El Salvador | 42 | 24.55 | 3.94 | 7 | 18.42 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 43 | 24.49 | 6.68 | 8 | 18.42 |
| Guyana | 44 | 24.42 | -12.17 | 9 | 18.42 |
| Comoros | 45 | 24.17 | 10.51 | 9 | 19.42 |
| Serbia | 46 | 23.99 | -5.17 | 4 | 16.51 |
| Israel | 47 | 23.96 | 16.02 | 6 | 31.03 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 48 | 23.95 | 5.37 | 7 | 19.24 |
| Japan | 49 | 23.73 | -4.13 | 8 | 19.24 |
| Ethiopia | 50 | 23.25 | 1.45 | 10 | 19.42 |
| Costa Rica | 51 | 22.66 | 2.29 | 10 | 18.42 |
| Cyprus | 51 | 22.66 | -12.26 | 5 | 16.51 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 22.61 | -2.6 | 9 | 19.24 |
| Switzerland | 54 | 22.59 | -8.04 | 1 | 11.06 |
| Grenada | 55 | 22.48 | 1.12 | 11 | 18.42 |
| Jamaica | 56 | 22.27 | 2.96 | 12 | 18.42 |
| Barbados | 57 | 22.17 | 10.0 | 13 | 18.42 |
| Ecuador | 58 | 21.18 | -0.25 | 14 | 18.42 |
| Albania | 59 | 20.91 | 2.71 | 6 | 16.51 |
| Romania | 60 | 20.61 | -0.64 | 7 | 16.51 |
| Slovenia | 61 | 20.43 | -5.73 | 8 | 16.51 |
| Republic of Congo | 62 | 20.14 | -4.49 | 11 | 19.42 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 63 | 19.82 | 1.91 | 12 | 19.42 |
| Sri Lanka | 64 | 19.77 | 0.05 | 6 | 31.68 |
| Netherlands | 65 | 19.61 | -2.26 | 2 | 11.06 |
| North Macedonia | 66 | 19.54 | -1.08 | 9 | 16.51 |
| Haiti | 67 | 19.18 | 2.03 | 15 | 18.42 |
| Croatia | 68 | 19.12 | -6.74 | 10 | 16.51 |
| Colombia | 69 | 19.01 | -2.81 | 16 | 18.42 |
| Peru | 70 | 18.76 | -2.56 | 17 | 18.42 |
| Philippines | 71 | 18.61 | 1.78 | 10 | 19.24 |
| Gambia | 72 | 18.59 | 5.3 | 13 | 19.42 |
| Slovakia | 73 | 18.05 | 3.93 | 11 | 16.51 |
| France | 74 | 17.9 | -1.41 | 3 | 11.06 |
| China | 75 | 17.76 | -0.16 | 11 | 19.24 |
| Italy | 76 | 17.75 | -6.65 | 4 | 11.06 |
| Kenya | 77 | 17.67 | 3.95 | 14 | 19.42 |
| Burundi | 78 | 17.31 | -3.15 | 15 | 19.42 |
| South Korea | 79 | 17.09 | -4.36 | 12 | 19.24 |
| Chile | 80 | 16.93 | 4.77 | 18 | 18.42 |
| Moldova | 81 | 16.76 | -9.52 | 9 | 42.86 |
| India | 82 | 16.71 | -3.98 | 7 | 31.68 |
| Panama | 83 | 16.32 | -3.25 | 19 | 18.42 |
| Solomon Islands | 84 | 15.23 | -2.63 | 13 | 19.24 |
| Mexico | 85 | 15.0 | -2.89 | 20 | 18.42 |
| New Zealand | 86 | 14.38 | 2.18 | 5 | 11.06 |
| Angola | 87 | 14.3 | -4.13 | 16 | 19.42 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 14.28 | 3.33 | 17 | 19.42 |
| Eswatini | 89 | 13.75 | 5.37 | 18 | 19.42 |
| Bahamas | 90 | 13.58 | -7.35 | 21 | 18.42 |
| Austria | 91 | 13.47 | -6.08 | 6 | 11.06 |
| Argentina | 92 | 13.45 | 6.51 | 22 | 18.42 |
| Türkiye | 93 | 13.38 | -8.75 | 12 | 16.51 |
| Norway | 94 | 13.19 | -6.17 | 7 | 11.06 |
| Denmark | 95 | 12.82 | 0.19 | 8 | 11.06 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 12.79 | -8.09 | 19 | 19.42 |
| Ukraine | 97 | 12.13 | -3.0 | 10 | 42.86 |
| Rwanda | 98 | 12.11 | -4.44 | 20 | 19.42 |
| Thailand | 99 | 11.73 | -1.18 | 14 | 19.24 |
| Brazil | 100 | 11.59 | -3.23 | 23 | 18.42 |
| Indonesia | 101 | 11.58 | 4.47 | 15 | 19.24 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 102 | 11.53 | -4.52 | 21 | 19.42 |
| Russia | 102 | 11.53 | -2.29 | 11 | 42.86 |
| Dominican Republic | 104 | 11.43 | -1.72 | 24 | 18.42 |
| United States | 104 | 11.43 | 0.08 | 9 | 11.06 |
| Greece | 106 | 11.26 | -12.06 | 13 | 16.51 |
| Myanmar | 107 | 11.08 | -2.74 | 16 | 19.24 |
| United Kingdom | 108 | 10.95 | 1.34 | 10 | 11.06 |
| Morocco | 109 | 10.85 | -9.7 | 7 | 31.03 |
| Luxembourg | 110 | 10.84 | -3.27 | 11 | 11.06 |
| Poland | 111 | 10.61 | -3.05 | 14 | 16.51 |
| Belarus | 112 | 10.53 | -5.88 | 12 | 42.86 |
| Tanzania | 113 | 10.35 | -1.77 | 22 | 19.42 |
| Hungary | 114 | 10.32 | -2.76 | 15 | 16.51 |
| South Africa | 115 | 10.1 | 4.23 | 23 | 19.42 |
| Belgium | 116 | 9.92 | -1.28 | 12 | 11.06 |
| Singapore | 117 | 9.89 | -5.24 | 17 | 19.24 |
| Senegal | 118 | 9.73 | -3.78 | 24 | 19.42 |
| Mali | 119 | 9.59 | -0.12 | 25 | 19.42 |
| Zambia | 120 | 9.46 | -5.43 | 26 | 19.42 |
| Uganda | 121 | 9.14 | -3.29 | 27 | 19.42 |
| Lebanon | 122 | 8.89 | -13.16 | 8 | 31.03 |
| Ireland | 123 | 8.77 | -4.36 | 13 | 11.06 |
| Spain | 124 | 8.41 | -4.45 | 14 | 11.06 |
| Bangladesh | 125 | 8.35 | -9.9 | 8 | 31.68 |
| Mozambique | 126 | 8.22 | -4.36 | 28 | 19.42 |
| Uruguay | 127 | 8.03 | 4.49 | 25 | 18.42 |
| Malaysia | 128 | 7.83 | 5.94 | 18 | 19.24 |
| Canada | 129 | 7.78 | -4.79 | 15 | 11.06 |
| Togo | 130 | 7.63 | -10.92 | 29 | 19.42 |
| Paraguay | 131 | 7.44 | 5.6 | 26 | 18.42 |
| Honduras | 132 | 7.4 | -4.95 | 27 | 18.42 |
| Nigeria | 132 | 7.4 | -7.5 | 30 | 19.42 |
| Lithuania | 134 | 7.25 | -2.49 | 16 | 16.51 |
| Tunisia | 135 | 7.22 | -3.74 | 9 | 31.03 |
| Viet Nam | 136 | 7.19 | 0.08 | 19 | 19.24 |
| Guatemala | 137 | 6.63 | -3.04 | 28 | 18.42 |
| Benin | 138 | 6.58 | -2.91 | 31 | 19.42 |
| Germany | 139 | 6.27 | -13.88 | 16 | 11.06 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 140 | 5.84 | -2.84 | 32 | 19.42 |
| Belize | 141 | 5.81 | -2.23 | 29 | 18.42 |
| Malawi | 142 | 5.8 | -4.93 | 33 | 19.42 |
| Finland | 143 | 5.75 | -4.23 | 17 | 11.06 |
| Sweden | 144 | 5.63 | -3.57 | 18 | 11.06 |
| Algeria | 145 | 5.39 | -6.53 | 10 | 31.03 |
| Bolivia | 146 | 4.83 | -10.14 | 30 | 18.42 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 147 | 4.65 | -1.39 | 34 | 19.42 |
| Nicaragua | 148 | 4.15 | -2.56 | 31 | 18.42 |
| Cambodia | 149 | 4.04 | 4.04 | 20 | 19.24 |
| Estonia | 149 | 4.04 | -5.28 | 17 | 16.51 |
| Australia | 151 | 3.35 | -10.48 | 19 | 11.06 |
| Madagascar | 152 | 3.3 | -1.29 | 35 | 19.42 |
| Latvia | 153 | 3.12 | -3.56 | 18 | 16.51 |
| Czechia | 154 | 2.96 | -11.77 | 19 | 16.51 |
| Ghana | 155 | 2.15 | -6.78 | 36 | 19.42 |
| Liberia | 156 | 1.57 | -6.15 | 37 | 19.42 |
| Chad | 157 | 0.98 | -13.89 | 38 | 19.42 |
| Laos | 158 | 0.9 | -6.98 | 21 | 19.24 |
| Guinea | 159 | 0.75 | -8.09 | 39 | 19.42 |
| Portugal | 160 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 20 | 11.06 |
| Sierra Leone | 161 | 0.0 | -3.9 | 40 | 19.42 |
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