Net change in tree cover

Forest landscapes are highly dynamic, and tree cover losses are often followed by regrowth or bal-anced by growth elsewhere. This indicator quantifies the net percent change in tree cover between 2000 and 2020.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Denmark 1 87.0 0.0
Netherlands 2 84.8 0.0
Belarus 3 80.6 0.0
Lithuania 4 79.0 0.0
Bangladesh 5 75.0 0.0
Hungary 6 70.6 0.0
Ukraine 7 70.4 0.0
Poland 8 69.2 0.0
United Kingdom 9 63.6 0.0
Georgia 10 61.6 0.0
Lebanon 11 60.8 0.0
Barbados 12 60.1 0.0
Armenia 13 58.2 0.0
Nepal 14 57.3 0.0
Romania 14 57.3 0.0
Bulgaria 16 57.0 0.0
India 17 56.6 0.0
Serbia 18 55.9 0.0
Cyprus 19 55.3 0.0
China 20 54.8 0.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 21 53.7 0.0
Lesotho 22 53.3 0.0
Turkiye 22 53.3 0.0
Bhutan 24 52.5 0.0
Maldives 25 52.0 0.0
Thailand 26 51.9 0.0
Luxembourg 27 51.4 0.0
Spain 28 51.3 0.0
Taiwan 29 50.8 0.0
Azerbaijan 30 50.7 0.0
Latvia 30 50.7 0.0
Germany 32 49.9 0.0
Russia 32 49.9 0.0
Chile 34 49.6 0.0
Papua New Guinea 34 49.6 0.0
Timor-Leste 36 49.5 0.0
France 37 49.3 0.0
Cuba 38 49.2 0.0
Croatia 39 48.7 0.0
Belgium 40 48.5 0.0
Haiti 40 48.5 0.0
Italy 40 48.5 0.0
Vanuatu 43 48.4 0.0
Guyana 44 48.2 0.0
Greece 45 48.1 0.0
Gabon 46 47.9 0.0
Suriname 46 47.9 0.0
Slovenia 48 47.6 0.0
Japan 49 47.3 0.0
Brunei Darussalam 50 47.1 0.0
Senegal 51 46.2 0.0
Switzerland 51 46.2 0.0
Solomon Islands 53 45.8 0.0
Jamaica 54 45.6 0.0
New Zealand 55 45.1 0.0
Peru 55 45.1 0.0
Australia 57 44.9 0.0
South Korea 57 44.9 0.0
United States of America 59 43.9 0.0
Mexico 60 43.8 0.0
Central African Republic 61 43.4 0.0
North Macedonia 62 43.3 0.0
Dominica 63 43.2 0.0
Norway 63 43.2 0.0
Saint Lucia 63 43.2 0.0
Republic of Congo 66 43.1 0.0
Philippines 67 42.8 0.0
Ecuador 68 42.5 0.0
Equatorial Guinea 68 42.5 0.0
Slovakia 70 42.1 0.0
El Salvador 71 41.8 0.0
Cameroon 72 41.4 0.0
Comoros 73 41.3 0.0
Finland 73 41.3 0.0
Montenegro 75 40.9 0.0
Fiji 76 40.8 0.0
Singapore 77 40.7 0.0
Grenada 78 40.0 0.0
Burundi 79 39.9 0.0
Colombia 80 39.0 0.0
Austria 81 38.7 0.0
Czech Republic 82 38.6 0.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83 38.3 0.0
Costa Rica 84 38.1 0.0
Venezuela 85 37.6 0.0
Dominican Republic 86 37.3 0.0
Gambia 86 37.3 0.0
Indonesia 88 36.9 0.0
Albania 89 36.5 0.0
Canada 90 36.2 0.0
Estonia 91 35.8 0.0
Rwanda 92 35.7 0.0
Honduras 93 35.0 0.0
Eswatini 94 34.9 0.0
Viet Nam 95 34.3 0.0
Trinidad and Tobago 96 34.1 0.0
Portugal 97 33.1 0.0
Myanmar 98 32.7 0.0
Panama 99 32.5 0.0
Sweden 99 32.5 0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 101 32.2 0.0
Liberia 102 32.1 0.0
Ethiopia 103 31.9 0.0
Malaysia 104 31.1 0.0
Sri Lanka 105 31.0 0.0
Antigua and Barbuda 106 30.2 0.0
Angola 107 27.9 0.0
Ghana 108 24.5 0.0
Bolivia 109 21.9 0.0
Togo 110 20.7 0.0
Madagascar 111 20.5 0.0
Zimbabwe 112 20.4 0.0
Brazil 113 20.3 0.0
Guatemala 114 19.8 0.0
Nigeria 115 19.7 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire 116 15.3 0.0
Benin 117 14.4 0.0
Laos 118 14.2 0.0
Zambia 119 13.5 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 120 11.8 0.0
Malawi 121 10.6 0.0
Guinea 122 8.3 0.0
Belize 123 8.1 0.0
Sierra Leone 124 4.9 0.0
Argentina 125 0.0 0.0
Cambodia 125 0.0 0.0
Mozambique 125 0.0 0.0
Nicaragua 125 0.0 0.0
Paraguay 125 0.0 0.0
Tanzania 125 0.0 0.0
Uganda 125 0.0 0.0
Afghanistan
Algeria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Chad
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Iceland
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Namibia
Niger
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
South Africa
Sudan
Tajikistan
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan