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Net Forest conversion — Area — UNFCCC 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
59
Highest
14,033 1000 ha
Australia
Lowest
0.02 1000 ha
Guinea-Bissau
Median
53.76 1000 ha
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
1,735

What the numbers show

Net Forest conversion — Area — UNFCCC is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 14,033 1000 ha in Australia; the lowest is 0.02 1000 ha in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 53.76 1000 ha, and the mean is 544.66 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 83.5%).

Net Forest conversion — Area — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 14,033 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% rising
1 Türkiye 92.75 1000 ha 2022 up 41.8% volatile
2 South Africa 7,927 1000 ha 2022 up 78.5% rising
2 Republic of Moldova 1.55 1000 ha 2022 down 38.4% falling
3 Ecuador 4,217 1000 ha 2022 up 33.5% volatile
4 Cambodia 579.28 1000 ha 2016 up 336.4% volatile
5 Canada 576.76 1000 ha 2022 up 12.9% rising
6 Russian Federation 575.44 1000 ha 2022 up 3.5% rising
7 France 553.53 1000 ha 2022 up 4.7% rising
8 Malaysia 475.5 1000 ha 2021 down 54.5% rising
9 Ghana 318.38 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
10 Sweden 246.42 1000 ha 2022 up 7.4% rising
11 Finland 218.06 1000 ha 2022 down 3.7% rising
12 Paraguay 214.22 1000 ha 2021 down 21.3% volatile
13 New Zealand 205.2 1000 ha 2022 up 34.2% rising
14 Argentina 181.38 1000 ha 2022 down 30.8% falling
15 Mexico 134.88 1000 ha 2022 down 7.2% rising
16 Japan 130.08 1000 ha 2022 down 29.4% volatile
17 Belarus 108.88 1000 ha 2022 down 19.2% falling
18 Portugal 106.01 1000 ha 2022 down 42.6% rising
19 Norway 104.71 1000 ha 2022 up 1.5% rising
20 Indonesia 96.11 1000 ha 2022 down 83.5% volatile
21 Namibia 90.11 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
22 Germany 88.47 1000 ha 2022 up 35.4% volatile
23 Spain 78.27 1000 ha 2022 down 7.6% falling
24 Latvia 75.26 1000 ha 2022 up 53.6% volatile
25 Panama 74.45 1000 ha 2021 up 99.1% rising
26 Austria 69.02 1000 ha 2022 up 12.3% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68.62 1000 ha 2022 up 36.6% rising
28 Italy 67.95 1000 ha 2022 up 77.8% volatile
29 Rwanda 53.76 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
30 Kenya 52.35 1000 ha 2022 up 173.3% volatile
31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41.12 1000 ha 2022 up 23.6% rising
32 Romania 36.82 1000 ha 2022 up 10.4% falling
33 Switzerland 33.1 1000 ha 2022 up 11.0% rising
34 Estonia 27.65 1000 ha 2022 up 48.9% volatile
35 Hungary 26.41 1000 ha 2022 up 38.0% volatile
36 Poland 25.41 1000 ha 2022 up 129.0% falling
37 Belgium 25.02 1000 ha 2022 up 32.3% rising
38 Ireland 15.44 1000 ha 2022 up 8.6% volatile
39 Slovenia 14.15 1000 ha 2022 down 16.3% rising
40 Ukraine 10.16 1000 ha 2022 down 73.7% rising
41 Czechia 9.43 1000 ha 2022 down 16.8% falling
42 Lithuania 9.18 1000 ha 2022 up 187.5% volatile
43 Serbia 6.45 1000 ha 2022 up 14.3% rising
44 Bulgaria 5.81 1000 ha 2022 up 104.7% volatile
45 Guyana 5.37 1000 ha 2022 down 61.0% flat
46 Denmark 4.92 1000 ha 2022 up 86.6% volatile
47 Croatia 4.85 1000 ha 2022 down 16.7% volatile
48 Singapore 4.52 1000 ha 2022 up 27.6% flat
49 Slovakia 4.01 1000 ha 2022 down 28.9% falling
50 Greece 3.55 1000 ha 2022 down 24.0% rising
51 North Macedonia 2.94 1000 ha 2014 down 74.5% volatile
52 Costa Rica 2.84 1000 ha 2021 down 83.3% volatile
53 Luxembourg 0.6001 1000 ha 2022 down 29.4% falling
54 Liechtenstein 0.2437 1000 ha 2022 up 20.0% rising
55 Cyprus 0.0844 1000 ha 2023 up 28.5% volatile
56 Iceland 0.0782 1000 ha 2022 up 62.9% rising
57 Guinea-Bissau 0.02 1000 ha 2022 up 400.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Net Forest conversion — Area — UNFCCC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
60 places, 1,735 data points, 1990–2023
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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).