Net Forest conversion — Area by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).
Countries reporting
168
Highest
3,256 1000 ha
Brazil
Lowest
0 1000 ha
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
1.81 1000 ha
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
9,600
What the numbers show
Net Forest conversion — Area is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 3,256 1000 ha in Brazil; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 1.81 1000 ha, and the mean is 62.68 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 26,700.0%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).
Net Forest conversion — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3,256 1000 ha | 2025 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 2 | OECD | 757.39 1000 ha | 2025 | up 111.4% | falling |
| 3 | Angola | 510.03 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 469 1000 ha | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 462.87 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 320.77 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 285.2 1000 ha | 2025 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 6 | Cambodia | 315.9 1000 ha | 2025 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 244.05 1000 ha | 2025 | up 48.9% | falling |
| 7 | Peru | 305.58 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 7 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 62.67 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 269.03 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 60.11 1000 ha | 2025 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 9 | Paraguay | 217.62 1000 ha | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 10 | Argentina | 195.32 1000 ha | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 25.29 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Sudan | 174.14 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 174.14 1000 ha | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Melanesia | 7.82 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.98 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 156.77 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 0.848 1000 ha | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 14 | Thailand | 138.02 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1,871.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 0.58 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Colombia | 133.42 1000 ha | 2025 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 15 | Polynesia | 0.482 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 16 | Mexico | 131.07 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 16 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.004 1000 ha | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 128.15 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.002 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Madagascar | 124.28 1000 ha | 2025 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 92.34 1000 ha | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 119.85 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 20 | Malaysia | 118 1000 ha | 2025 | — | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 116.96 1000 ha | 2025 | up 101.6% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 107.82 1000 ha | 2025 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 97.15 1000 ha | 2025 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Somalia | 75.95 1000 ha | 2025 | down 50.6% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea | 68 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 26 | Sweden | 54.2 1000 ha | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 53 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 27 | Caribbean | 5.74 1000 ha | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 52.23 1000 ha | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 29 | Central African Republic | 46.61 1000 ha | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 43.73 1000 ha | 2025 | up 616.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 42 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Liberia | 40.58 1000 ha | 2025 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 38.82 1000 ha | 2025 | up 85.3% | falling |
| 34 | Uganda | 37.93 1000 ha | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 35 | Benin | 37.44 1000 ha | 2025 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 36 | Ecuador | 30.15 1000 ha | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 28.88 1000 ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 24.48 1000 ha | 2025 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 20.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Niger | 19.92 1000 ha | 2025 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 19.03 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 18.25 1000 ha | 2025 | up 289.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 18.22 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 9 1000 ha | 2025 | — | falling |
| 45 | Japan | 8.6 1000 ha | 2025 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 46 | Bhutan | 8.48 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.36 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 48 | Guyana | 7.63 1000 ha | 2025 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 49 | Belize | 7.53 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Iraq | 7.05 1000 ha | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 6.74 1000 ha | 2025 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 52 | Gambia | 6.53 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritania | 6.12 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Eritrea | 5.98 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 55 | Australia | 5.95 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Australia and New Zealand | 5.95 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 5.21 1000 ha | 2025 | up 696.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 4.94 1000 ha | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Panama | 4.89 1000 ha | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 60 | Chile | 4.85 1000 ha | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 4.7 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.24 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | French Guiana | 4.18 1000 ha | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 64 | Estonia | 4.04 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Togo | 3.97 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 66 | Austria | 3.85 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 66 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.85 1000 ha | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Korea | 3.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 3.24 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 2.96 1000 ha | 2025 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Norway | 2.43 1000 ha | 2025 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 2.38 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 73 | Tunisia | 2.3 1000 ha | 2025 | up 142.3% | rising |
| 74 | Morocco | 2.15 1000 ha | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Italy | 1.64 1000 ha | 2025 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Eswatini | 1.5 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Algeria | 1.3 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Slovenia | 1.07 1000 ha | 2025 | up 26,700.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Congo | 1 1000 ha | 2025 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Israel | 1 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Western Sahara | 0.798 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 0.744 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 83 | Namibia | 0.644 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Samoa | 0.478 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.424 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Libya | 0.336 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 87 | Seychelles | 0.218 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Cyprus | 0.168 1000 ha | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Croatia | 0.112 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.104 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.066 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Mayotte | 0.062 1000 ha | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.054 1000 ha | 2025 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominica | 0.044 1000 ha | 2025 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.024 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Jordan | 0.004 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Albania | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Andorra | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Armenia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | American Samoa | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Burundi | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Belgium | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Belarus | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Switzerland | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | China | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Comoros | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 97 | Cuba | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Cayman Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Denmark | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Spain | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Haiti | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Indonesia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Ireland | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Jamaica | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Kenya | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Lithuania | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Latvia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Marshall Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Mongolia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | New Zealand | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Philippines | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Portugal | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Singapore | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | South Sudan | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovakia | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Ukraine | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | British Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Guadeloupe | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Montserrat | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Niue | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Russian Federation | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | China, mainland | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 1000 ha | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 9,647 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3,463 1000 ha
- Non-Annex I countries 8,967 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 1,103 1000 ha
- Americas 5,284 1000 ha
- Asia 1,036 1000 ha
- South America 4,477 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4,001 1000 ha
- Africa 3,188 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2,338 1000 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,215 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 1,199 1000 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 52.76 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 981.56 1000 ha
- Western Africa 703.01 1000 ha
- Annex I countries 679.15 1000 ha
- Northern America 534.89 1000 ha
- Central America 266.38 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 181.03 1000 ha
- Europe 124.01 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 117.81 1000 ha
- United States of America 72 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 60.68 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 53.31 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 31.65 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 14.38 1000 ha
- Oceania 14.26 1000 ha
- Western Asia 8.22 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 6.17 1000 ha
- Western Europe 3.85 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 2.14 1000 ha
- Central Asia 0 1000 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).