United States - Tree cover loss 1.57M
via World Bank DATA360 (Global Forest Watch) · updated 2026-10-15 · 211 economies tracked
Global rank
#n/a of 211 economies
Share of global total
6.2%
Ranking Race — Tree cover loss
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2025. United States climbed from #2 to #4 (overtook Indonesia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for United States ↓Key Events — United States
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
2008Global financial crisis curatedLehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.
2010Overtook Indonesia in global rank auto
2020COVID-19 recession curatedSharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.
2025Overtook Bolivia in global rank auto
Tree cover loss, 2001-2025
via World Bank DATA360 (Global Forest Watch) · Hectares · linear scale · ranking in the race above
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