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Canada - Primary Forest Loss 6.23M

via World Bank DATA360 (Global Forest Watch) · updated 2026-10-15 · 211 economies tracked

Latest value

6.23M (2025)

Global rank

##1 of 211 economies

Share of global total

24.4%

Growth since 2001

4.58×

Ranking Race — Primary Forest Loss

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10200120062011201620212025#4#12017 overtook Indonesia2021 overtook Australia
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2025. Canada climbed from #4 to #1 (overtook Indonesia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Canada ↓

Key Events — Canada

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2009
Global crisis recession curated

Trade collapse hits the open economy.

2015
Oil price shock curated

Crude collapse hurts energy-heavy provinces.

2017
Overtook Indonesia in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest contraction in decades despite fiscal support.

2021
Overtook Australia in global rank auto

Primary Forest Loss, 2001-2025

via World Bank DATA360 (Global Forest Watch) · Hectares · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2001200620112016202120251.20M3.65M6.11M8.57M

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