State Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon By Rhett A Butler ANNUAL DEFORESTATION since 1988 [source: INPE] [square kilometers] State | Year Acre Amazonas Amapá Maranhão Mato Grosso Pará Rondônia Roraima Tocantins Amazônia Legal 1988 620 1510 60 2450 5140 6990 2340 290 1650 21050 1989 540 1180 130 1420 5960 5750 1430 630 730 17770 1990 550 520 250 1100 4020 4890 1670 150 580 13730 1991 380 980 410 670 2840 3780 1110 420 440 11030 1992 400 799 36 1135 4674 3787 2265 281 409 13786 1993 482 370 372 6220 4284 2595 240 333 14896 1994 482 370 372 6220 4284 2595 240 333 14896 1995 1208 2114 9 1745 10391 7845 4730 220 797 29059 1996 433 1023 1061 6543 6135 2432 214 320 18161 1997 358 589 18 409 5271 4139 1986 184 273 13227 1998 536 670 30 1012 6466 5829 2041 223 576 17383 1999 441 720 1230 6963 5111 2358 220 216 17259 2000 547 612 1065 6369 6671 2465 253 244 18226 2001 419 634 7 958 7703 5237 2673 345 189 18165 2002 883 885 0 1085 7892 7510 3099 84 212 21650 2003 1078 1558 25 993 10405 7145 3597 439 156 25396 2004 728 1232 46 755 11814 8870 3858 311 158 27772 2005 592 775 33 922 7145 5899 3244 133 271 19014 2006 398 788 30 674 4333 5659 2049 231 124 14286 2007 184 610 39 631 2678 5526 1611 309 63 11651 2008 254 604 100 1271 3258 5607 1136 574 107 12911 2009 167 405 70 828 1049 4281 482 121 61 7464 2010 259 595 53 712 871 3770 435 256 49 7000 2011 280 502 66 396 1120 3008 865 141 40 6418 2012 305 523 27 269 757 1741 773 124 52 4571 2013 221 583 23 403 1139 2346 932 170 74 5891 2014 312 464 0 246 1048 1829 668 233 48 4848 ACCUMULATED DEFORESTATION since 1988 [does not account for forest regeneration] [square kilometers] State | Year Acre Amazonas Amapá Maranhão Mato Grosso Pará Rondônia Roraima Tocantins Amazônia Legal 1988 620 1510 60 2450 5140 6990 2340 290 1650 21050 1989 1160 2690 190 3870 11100 12740 3770 920 2380 38820 1990 1710 3210 440 4970 15120 17630 5440 1070 2960 52550 1991 2090 4190 850 5640 17960 21410 6550 1490 3400 63580 1992 2490 4989 886 6775 22634 25197 8815 1771 3809 77366 1993 2972 5359 886 7147 28854 29481 11410 2011 4142 92262 1994 3454 5729 886 7519 35074 33765 14005 2251 4475 107158 1995 4662 7843 895 9264 45465 41610 18735 2471 5272 136217 1996 5095 8866 895 10325 52008 47745 21167 2685 5592 154378 1997 5453 9455 913 10734 57279 51884 23153 2869 5865 167605 1998 5989 10125 943 11746 63745 57713 25194 3092 6441 184988 1999 6430 10845 943 12976 70708 62824 27552 3312 6657 202247 2000 6977 11457 943 14041 77077 69495 30017 3565 6901 220473 2001 7396 12091 950 14999 84780 74732 32690 3910 7090 238638 2002 8279 12976 950 16084 92672 82242 35789 3994 7302 260288 2003 9357 14534 975 17077 103077 89387 39386 4433 7458 285684 2004 10085 15766 1021 17832 114891 98257 43244 4744 7616 313456 2005 10677 16541 1054 18754 122036 104156 46488 4877 7887 332470 2006 11075 17329 1084 19428 126369 109815 48537 5108 8011 346756 2007 11259 17939 1123 20059 129047 115341 50148 5417 8074 358407 2008 11513 18543 1223 21330 132305 120948 51284 5991 8181 371318 2009 11680 18948 1293 22158 133354 125229 51766 6112 8242 378782 2010 11939 19543 1346 22870 134225 128999 52201 6368 8291 385782 2011 12219 20045 1412 23266 135345 132007 53066 6509 8331 392200 2012 12524 20568 1439 23535 136102 133748 53839 6633 8383 396771 2013 12745 21151 1462 23938 137241 136094 54771 6803 8457 402662 2014 13057 21615 1462 24184 138289 137923 55439 7036 8505 407510 SHARE OF ACCUMULATED DEFORESTATION since 1988 [does not account for forest regeneration State | Year Acre Amazonas Amapá Maranhão Mato Grosso Pará Rondônia Roraima Tocantins Amazônia Legal 1988 2.9% 7.2% 0.3% 11.6% 24.4% 33.2% 11.1% 1.4% 7.8% 21050 1989 3.0% 6.9% 0.5% 10.0% 28.6% 32.8% 9.7% 2.4% 6.1% 38820 1990 3.3% 6.1% 0.8% 9.5% 28.8% 33.5% 10.4% 2.0% 5.6% 52550 1991 3.3% 6.6% 1.3% 8.9% 28.2% 33.7% 10.3% 2.3% 5.3% 63580 1992 3.2% 6.4% 1.1% 8.8% 29.3% 32.6% 11.4% 2.3% 4.9% 77366 1993 3.2% 5.8% 1.0% 7.7% 31.3% 32.0% 12.4% 2.2% 4.5% 92262 1994 3.2% 5.3% 0.8% 7.0% 32.7% 31.5% 13.1% 2.1% 4.2% 107158 1995 3.4% 5.8% 0.7% 6.8% 33.4% 30.5% 13.8% 1.8% 3.9% 136217 1996 3.3% 5.7% 0.6% 6.7% 33.7% 30.9% 13.7% 1.7% 3.6% 154378 1997 3.3% 5.6% 0.5% 6.4% 34.2% 31.0% 13.8% 1.7% 3.5% 167605 1998 3.2% 5.5% 0.5% 6.3% 34.5% 31.2% 13.6% 1.7% 3.5% 184988 1999 3.2% 5.4% 0.5% 6.4% 35.0% 31.1% 13.6% 1.6% 3.3% 202247 2000 3.2% 5.2% 0.4% 6.4% 35.0% 31.5% 13.6% 1.6% 3.1% 220473 2001 3.1% 5.1% 0.4% 6.3% 35.5% 31.3% 13.7% 1.6% 3.0% 238638 2002 3.2% 5.0% 0.4% 6.2% 35.6% 31.6% 13.7% 1.5% 2.8% 260288 2003 3.3% 5.1% 0.3% 6.0% 36.1% 31.3% 13.8% 1.6% 2.6% 285684 2004 3.2% 5.0% 0.3% 5.7% 36.7% 31.3% 13.8% 1.5% 2.4% 313456 2005 3.2% 5.0% 0.3% 5.6% 36.7% 31.3% 14.0% 1.5% 2.4% 332470 2006 3.2% 5.0% 0.3% 5.6% 36.4% 31.7% 14.0% 1.5% 2.3% 346756 2007 3.1% 5.0% 0.3% 5.6% 36.0% 32.2% 14.0% 1.5% 2.3% 358407 2008 3.1% 5.0% 0.3% 5.7% 35.6% 32.6% 13.8% 1.6% 2.2% 371318 2009 3.1% 5.0% 0.3% 5.8% 35.2% 33.1% 13.7% 1.6% 2.2% 378782 2010 3.1% 5.1% 0.3% 5.9% 34.8% 33.4% 13.5% 1.7% 2.1% 385782 2011 3.1% 5.1% 0.4% 5.9% 34.5% 33.7% 13.5% 1.7% 2.1% 392200 2012 3.2% 5.2% 0.4% 5.9% 34.3% 33.7% 13.6% 1.7% 2.1% 396771 2013 3.2% 5.3% 0.4% 5.9% 34.1% 33.8% 13.6% 1.7% 2.1% 402662 2014 3.2% 5.3% 0.4% 5.9% 33.9% 33.8% 13.6% 1.7% 2.1% 407510 THE AMAZON RAINFOREST Rainforest ecology Amazon wildlife    [amphibians | birds | fish | insects | mammals | reptiles] Amazon people Amazon destruction    [deforestation figures | deforestation calculations | deforestation map | world deforestation rates] Amazon conservation Amazon news Further resources    [amazon map | tropical rainforests]

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