Here are the countries guilty of the greatest deforestation between 2000 and 2005. The figures are the number of square miles and square kilometers of forests cut down per year on average between those two years. In total, countries of the world cut down (and did not replace) an average of 28,251 square miles (73,170 square kilometers) of forests in each of those years.



RankCountrySq. MilesSq. Kilometers
1Brazil11,98031,030
2Indonesia7,22318,710
3Sudan2,2745,890
4Myanmar1,7994,660
5Zambia1,7184,450
6Tanzania1,5904,120
7Nigeria1,5834,100
8Dem. Rep. of Congo1,2313,190
9Zimbabwe1,2083,130
10Venezuela1,1112,880





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