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Primary Forest Loss

Humid tropical primary forests are the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystems on the planet and provide irreplaceable ecosystem services. This indicator measures annual losses of tree cover in these critical ecosystems relative to their extent in 2001.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Australia 1 97.4 6.3
Taiwan 2 97.3 6.5
Senegal 3 97.0 -0.2
Bhutan 4 94.1 0.2
Nepal 5 93.4 -2.9
Saint Lucia 6 92.4 4.4
Thailand 7 89.9 10.8
Gabon 8 89.1 2.7
Guyana 9 89.0 -2.6
Sri Lanka 10 88.7 6.7
Fiji 11 87.6 -4.1
United States of America 11 87.6 -3.4
Trinidad and Tobago 13 86.5 4.3
Burundi 14 85.7 -1.1
Benin 15 85.5 -0.3
China 16 85.3 22.8
Rwanda 17 84.4 -8.4
Costa Rica 18 83.6 -4.1
Jamaica 19 83.2 5.5
Venezuela 20 82.8 -6.5
Suriname 21 82.5 -5.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22 81.9 -9.2
Vanuatu 23 81.2 -8.5
Brunei Darussalam 24 80.3 12.1
Republic of Congo 25 79.5 -2.8
El Salvador 26 79.4 -4.7
Ecuador 27 76.7 -5.3
Equatorial Guinea 28 75.6 4.9
Cuba 29 73.8 -17.5
Central African Republic 30 73.4 -5.6
Papua New Guinea 31 73.3 -7.0
Panama 32 72.3 -7.6
India 33 71.9 -3.3
Maldives 34 70.1 -4.0
Peru 35 69.1 -3.9
Dominican Republic 36 68.8 0.3
Ethiopia 37 67.5 -0.5
Philippines 38 67.4 -5.5
Colombia 39 67.1 -11.8
Myanmar 40 65.3 -2.8
Indonesia 41 65.0 17.9
Argentina 42 62.7 15.3
Tanzania 43 62.6 -5.0
Dominica 44 62.0 -28.4
Togo 45 61.0 2.1
Bangladesh 46 59.9 -4.3
Cameroon 47 58.9 -12.3
Mozambique 48 58.3 2.6
Viet Nam 49 56.8 11.2
Guinea 50 56.4 -10.3
Brazil 51 56.3 -10.1
Dem. Rep. Congo 52 55.4 -11.0
Haiti 53 53.3 -13.6
Mexico 54 52.0 -11.4
Solomon Islands 54 52.0 -14.0
Zimbabwe 56 51.6 -0.5
Guinea-Bissau 57 50.9 -9.4
Angola 58 50.5 -14.8
Malaysia 59 49.9 13.8
Liberia 60 49.2 -18.2
Belize 61 48.2 3.9
Bolivia 62 47.1 -12.2
Nigeria 63 46.6 -13.0
Uganda 64 46.2 6.6
Zambia 65 45.1 -10.6
Guatemala 66 41.1 -2.0
Laos 67 40.4 -12.1
Cote d'Ivoire 68 39.5 15.5
Singapore 69 37.3 -54.7
Ghana 70 35.9 -25.1
Sierra Leone 71 34.5 -23.5
Paraguay 72 33.9 9.3
Madagascar 73 33.8 -3.6
Cambodia 74 32.2 17.6
Malawi 75 30.7 -38.6
Honduras 76 27.1 -15.3
Nicaragua 77 22.8 -18.5
Antigua and Barbuda 78 0.0 0.0
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Niger
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Norway
Oman
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Portugal
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Russia
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Spain
Sudan
Sweden
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Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
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Turkiye
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United Arab Emirates
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Uruguay
Uzbekistan