Latin America: annual tree cover loss by country

Brazil is the Latin American country that registered the largest tree cover loss in the past decade. In 2022 alone, over 3.3 million hectares of tree cover were destroyed in the South American country. That same year, Bolivian forests saw their area reduced by approximately 600,000 hectares, the second highest tree cover loss in the region. Overall, more than 70 million hectares of tree cover were lost in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2010 and 2022. These estimates do not take into account tree cover gain throughout the same period.

Countries with the largest area of tree cover loss in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2010 to 2022 (in million hectares)

Characteristic	Brazil	Bolivia	Paraguay	Argentina	Colombia	Mexico	Peru	Chile	Venezuela	Others*
2022	3.31	0.6	0.22	0.23	0.27	0.18	0.24	0.07	0.06	0.27
2021	2.99	0.56	0.28	0.2	0.27	0.19	0.23	0.07	0.06	0.34
2020	3.29	0.43	0.24	0.2	0.32	0.3	0.28	0.07	0.14	0.48
2019	2.7	0.85	0.31	0.15	0.27	0.33	0.23	0.08	0.14	0.44
2018	2.95	0.3	0.26	0.17	0.35	0.27	0.21	0.08	0.11	0.4
2017	4.52	0.46	0.36	0.23	0.42	0.3	0.3	0.21	0.17	0.75
2016	5.38	0.47	0.32	0.23	0.29	0.27	0.23	0.11	0.21	0.8
2015	2.22	0.17	0.28	0.18	0.14	0.2	0.17	0.11	0.06	0.27
2014	2.69	0.26	0.35	0.24	0.2	0.17	0.21	0.12	0.1	0.35
2013	1.95	0.18	0.32	0.38	0.14	0.22	0.21	0.1	0.06	0.29
2012	2.92	0.27	0.51	0.48	0.23	0.17	0.28	0.17	0.11	0.37
2011	1.92	0.33	0.46	0.5	0.19	0.19	0.13	0.1	0.07	0.32
2010	2.69	0.45	0.44	0.41	0.2	0.17	0.14	0.09	0.1	0.46

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January 2024

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LAC

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Figures calculated by Statista according to the data provided by the source.

Estimates based on 32 countries. Only the following independent states were considered: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

These estimates do not take tree cover gain into account.
Figures have been rounded.
The source did not provide a release date. The date given is the date of website access.

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