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Table 4. Change in forest cover 1990-2000

Country/area

Total forest 1990

Total forest 2000

Forest cover change 1990-2000

Annual change

Annual change rate

000 ha

000 ha

000 ha

%

Algeria

1 879

2 145

27

1.3

Angola

70 998

69 756

-124

-0.2

Benin

3 349

2 650

-70

-2.3

Botswana

13 611

12 427

-118

-0.9

Burkina Faso

7 241

7 089

-15

-0.2

Burundi

241

94

-15

-9.0

Cameroon

26 076

23 858

-222

-0.9

Cape Verde

35

85

5

9.3

Central African Republic

23 207

22 907

-30

-0.1

Chad

13 509

12 692

-82

-0.6

Comoros

12

8

n.s.

-4.3

Congo

22 235

22 060

-17

-0.1

Côte d'Ivoire

9 766

7 117

-265

-3.1

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

140 531

135 207

-532

-0.4

Djibouti

6

6

n.s.

n.s.

Egypt

52

72

2

3.3

Equatorial Guinea

1 858

1 752

-11

-0.6

Eritrea

1 639

1 585

-5

-0.3

Ethiopia

4 996

4 593

-40

-0.8

Gabon

21 927

21 826

-10

n.s.

Gambia

436

481

4

1.0

Ghana

7 535

6 335

-120

-1.7

Guinea

7 276

6 929

-35

-0.5

Guinea-Bissau

2 403

2 187

-22

-0.9

Kenya

18 027

17 096

-93

-0.5

Lesotho

14

14

n.s.

n.s.

Liberia

4 241

3 481

-76

-2.0

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

311

358

5

1.4

Madagascar

12 901

11 727

-117

-0.9

Malawi

3 269

2 562

-71

-2.4

Mali

14 179

13 186

-99

-0.7

Mauritania

415

317

-10

-2.7

Mauritius

17

16

n.s.

-0.6

Morocco

3 037

3 025

-1

n.s.

Mozambique

31 238

30 601

-64

-0.2

Namibia

8 774

8 040

-73

-0.9

Niger

1 945

1 328

-62

-3.7

Nigeria

17 501

13 517

-398

-2.6

Réunion

76

71

-1

-0.8

Rwanda

457

307

-15

-3.9

Saint Helena

2

2

n.s.

n.s.

Sao Tome and Principe

27

27

n.s.

n.s.

Senegal

6 655

6 205

-45

-0.7

Seychelles

30

30

n.s.

n.s.

Sierra Leone

1 416

1 055

-36

-2.9

Somalia

8 284

7 515

-77

-1.0

South Africa

8 997

8 917

-8

-0.1

Sudan

71 216

61 627

-959

-1.4

Swaziland

464

522

6

1.2

Togo

719

510

-21

-3.4

Tunisia

499

510

1

0.2

Uganda

5 103

4 190

-91

-2.0

United Republic of Tanzania

39 724

38 811

-91

-0.2

Western Sahara

152

152

n.s.

n.s.

Zambia

39 755

31 246

-851

-2.4

Zimbabwe

22 239

19 040

-320

-1.5

Total Africa

702 502

649 866

-5 262

-0.78

Afghanistan

1 351

1 351

n.s.

n.s.

Armenia

309

351

4

1.3

Azerbaijan

964

1 094

13

1.3

Bahrain

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

14.9

Bangladesh

1 169

1 334

17

1.3

Bhutan

3 016

3 016

n.s.

n.s.

Brunei Darussalam

452

442

-1

-0.2

Cambodia

9 896

9 335

-56

-0.6

China

145 417

163 480

1 806

1.2

Cyprus

119

172

5

3.7

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

8 210

8 210

n.s.

n.s.

East Timor

541

507

-3

-0.6

Gaza Strip

-

-

-

-

Georgia

2 988

2 988

n.s.

n.s.

India

63 732

64 113

38

0.1

Indonesia

118 110

104 986

-1 312

-1.2

Iran, Islamic Rep.

7 299

7 299

n.s.

n.s.

Iraq

799

799

n.s.

n.s.

Israel

82

132

5

4.9

Japan

24 047

24 081

3

n.s.

Jordan

86

86

n.s.

n.s.

Kazakhstan

9 758

12 148

239

2.2

Kuwait

3

5

n.s.

3.5

Kyrgyzstan

775

1 003

23

2.6

Lao People's Dem. Rep

13 088

12 561

-53

-0.4

Lebanon

37

36

n.s.

-0.4

Malaysia

21 661

19 292

-237

-1.2

Maldives

1

1

n.s.

n.s.

Mongolia

11 245

10 645

-60

-0.5

Myanmar

39 588

34 419

-517

-1.4

Nepal

4 683

3 900

-78

-1.8

Oman

1

1

n.s.

5.3

Pakistan

2 755

2 361

-39

-1.5

Philippines

6 676

5 789

-89

-1.4

Qatar

n.s.

1

n.s.

9.6

Republic of Korea

6 299

6 248

-5

-0.1

Saudi Arabia

1 504

1 504

n.s.

n.s.

Singapore

2

2

n.s.

n.s.

Sri Lanka

2 288

1 940

-35

-1.6

Syrian Arab Republic

461

461

n.s.

n.s.

Tajikistan

380

400

2

0.5

Thailand

15 886

14 762

-112

-0.7

Turkey

10 005

10 225

22

0.2

Turkmenistan

3 755

3 755

n.s.

n.s.

United Arab Emirates

243

321

8

2.8

Uzbekistan

1 923

1 969

5

0.2

Viet Nam

9 303

9 819

52

0.5

West Bank

-

-

-

-

Yemen

541

449

-9

-1.9

Total Asia

551 448

547 793

-364

-0.07

American Samoa

12

12

n.s.

n.s.

Australia

157 359

154 539

-282

-0.2

Cook Islands

22

22

n.s.

n.s.

Fiji

832

815

-2

-0.2

French Polynesia

105

105

n.s.

n.s.

Guam

21

21

n.s.

n.s.

Kiribati

28

28

n.s.

n.s.

Marshall Islands

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

Micronesia

24

15

-1

-4.5

Nauru

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

New Caledonia

372

372

n.s.

n.s.

New Zealand

7 556

7 946

39

0.5

Niue

6

6

n.s.

n.s.

Northern Mariana Isl.

14

14

n.s.

n.s.

Palau

35

35

n.s.

n.s.

Papua New Guinea

31 730

30 601

-113

-0.4

Samoa

130

105

-3

-2.1

Solomon Islands

2 580

2 536

-4

-0.2

Tonga

4

4

n.s.

n.s.

Vanuatu

441

447

1

0.1

Total Oceania

201 271

197 623

-365

-0.18

Albania

1 069

991

-8

-0.8

Andorra

-

-

-

-

Austria

3 809

3 886

8

0.2

Belarus

6 840

9 402

256

3.2

Belgium & Luxembourg

741

728

-1

-0.2

Bosnia & Herzegovina

2 273

2 273

n.s.

n.s.

Bulgaria

3 486

3 690

20

0.6

Croatia

1 763

1 783

2

0.1

Czech Republic

2 627

2 632

1

n.s.

Denmark

445

455

1

0.2

Estonia

1 935

2 060

13

0.6

Finland

21 855

21 935

8

n.s.

France

14 725

15 341

62

0.4

Germany

10 740

10 740

n.s.

n.s.

Greece

3 299

3 599

30

0.9

Hungary

1 768

1 840

7

0.4

Iceland

25

31

1

2.2

Ireland

489

659

17

3.0

Italy

9 708

10 003

30

0.3

Latvia

2 796

2 923

13

0.4

Liechtenstein

6

7

n.s.

1.2

Lithuania

1 946

1 994

5

0.2

Malta

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

Netherlands

365

375

1

0.3

Norway

8 558

8 868

31

0.4

Poland

8 872

9 047

18

0.2

Portugal

3 096

3 666

57

1.7

Republic of Moldova

318

325

1

0.2

Romania

6 301

6 448

15

0.2

Russian Federation

850 039

851 392

135

n.s.

San Marino

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

1 997

2 177

18

0.9

Slovenia

1 085

1 107

2

0.2

Spain

13 510

14 370

86

0.6

Sweden

27 128

27 134

1

n.s.

Switzerland

1 156

1 199

4

0.4

The FYR of Macedonia

906

906

n.s.

n.s.

Ukraine

9 274

9 584

31

0.3

United Kingdom

2 624

2 794

17

0.6

Yugoslavia

2 901

2 887

-1

-0.1

Total Europe

1 030 475

1 039 251

881

0.08

Antigua and Barbuda

9

9

n.s.

n.s.

Bahamas

842

842

n.s.

n.s.

Barbados

2

2

n.s.

n.s.

Belize

1 704

1 348

-36

-2.3

Bermuda

-

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

3

3

n.s.

n.s.

Canada

244 571

244 571

n.s.

n.s.

Cayman Islands

13

13

n.s.

n.s.

Costa Rica

2 126

1 968

-16

-0.8

Cuba

2 071

2 348

28

1.3

Dominica

50

46

n.s.

-0.7

Dominican Republic

1 376

1 376

n.s.

n.s.

El Salvador

193

121

-7

-4.6

Greenland

-

-

-

-

Grenada

5

5

n.s.

0.9

Guadeloupe

67

82

2

2.1

Guatemala

3 387

2 850

-54

-1.7

Haiti

158

88

-7

-5.7

Honduras

5 972

5 383

-59

-1.0

Jamaica

379

325

-5

-1.5

Martinique

47

47

n.s.

n.s.

Mexico

61 511

55 205

-631

-1.1

Montserrat

3

3

n.s.

n.s.

Netherlands Antilles

1

1

n.s.

n.s.

Nicaragua

4 450

3 278

-117

-3.0

Panama

3 395

2 876

-52

-1.6

Puerto Rico

234

229

-1

-0.2

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4

4

n.s.

-0.6

Saint Lucia

14

9

-1

-4.9

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

-

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

7

6

n.s.

-1.4

Trinidad and Tobago

281

259

-2

-0.8

United States

222 113

225 993

388

0.2

US Virgin Islands

14

14

n.s.

n.s.

Total North and Central America

555 002

549 304

-570

-0.10

Argentina

37 499

34 648

-285

-0.8

Bolivia

54 679

53 068

-161

-0.3

Brazil

566 998

543 905

-2 309

-0.4

Chile

15 739

15 536

-20

-0.1

Colombia

51 506

49 601

-190

-0.4

Ecuador

11 929

10 557

-137

-1.2

Falkland Islands

-

-

-

-

French Guiana

7 926

7 926

n.s.

n.s.

Guyana

17 365

16 879

-49

-0.3

Paraguay

24 602

23 372

-123

-0.5

Peru

67 903

65 215

-269

-0.4

Suriname

14 113

14 113

n.s.

n.s.

Uruguay

791

1 292

50

5.0

Venezuela

51 681

49 506

-218

-0.4

Total South America

922 731

885 618

-3 711

-0.41

TOTAL WORLD

3 963 429

3 869 455

-9 391

-0.22


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