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.
| Rank | Country | Sq. Miles | Sq. Kilometers |
| 1 | Brazil | 11,980 | 31,030 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 7,223 | 18,710 |
| 3 | Sudan | 2,274 | 5,890 |
| 4 | Myanmar | 1,799 | 4,660 |
| 5 | Zambia | 1,718 | 4,450 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 1,590 | 4,120 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1,583 | 4,100 |
| 8 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 1,231 | 3,190 |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 1,208 | 3,130 |
| 10 | Venezuela | 1,111 | 2,880 |