Below is the list of countries where REDD+ projects and programs were identified, using the ID-RECCO v4.2 dataset updated 2020. For the newest v.5.0 dataset updated 2022, please download HERE. For source of country data, please scroll to the bottom of the table.

Country name GDP per capita
(USD/person, 2019)
Forest area
(2020, ha)
Annual deforestation
rate 2015-2020 (%)
Participation in
global REDD+ programs
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projects/programs
Angola2,973.6066,607.38-0.81
Argentina10,006.1028,573.00-0.36FCPF|UNREDD
Belize4,815.201,277.05-0.85FCPF
Bolivia, Plurinational State of3,552.1050,833.76-0.46FCPF|UNREDD
Brazil8,717.20496,619.60-0.29FIP|the Amazon Fund
Burkina Faso774.806,216.40-0.79FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Cambodia1,643.108,068.37-1.83FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Cameroon1,497.9020,340.48-0.27FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Chile14,896.5018,210.700.69FCPF|UNREDD
China10,261.70219,978.180.90
Colombia6,432.4059,141.91-0.33FCPF|UNREDD|BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL)
Congo2,011.1021,946.00-0.06FCPF|UNREDD|FIP|Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the545.20126,155.24-0.85FCPF|UNREDD|FIP|Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
Costa Rica12,238.403,034.870.55FCPF|UNREDD
Côte d'Ivoire2,286.202,836.71-3.56FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Ecuador6,183.8012,497.83-0.51UNREDD|FIP
Egypt3,020.0044.98-1.46
El Salvador4,187.30583.88-0.75FCPF|UNREDD
Ethiopia857.5017,068.50-0.42FCPF|UNREDD|BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL)
Fiji6,220.001,140.020.60FCPF|UNREDD
Ghana2,202.107,985.710.27FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Guatemala4,620.003,527.80-0.33FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Guinea-Bissau697.801,980.01-0.42UNREDD
Honduras2,574.906,359.26-0.33FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
India2,104.1072,160.000.37UNREDD
Indonesia4,135.6092,133.20-0.62FCPF|UNREDD|FIP|BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL)
Kenya1,816.503,611.090.50FCPF|UNREDD
Lao People's Democratic Republic2,534.9016,595.50-0.21FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Liberia621.907,617.44-0.39FCPF|UNREDD
Madagascar522.2012,429.81-0.11FCPF|UNREDD
Malawi411.602,241.70-1.78UNREDD
Malaysia11,414.8019,114.04-0.36UNREDD
Mali890.7013,296.000.00
Mexico9,863.1065,692.08-0.19FCPF|UNREDD|FIP|BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL)
Mongolia4,295.2014,172.78-0.01UNREDD
Mozambique491.8036,743.76-0.64FCPF|FIP
Myanmar1,407.8028,543.89-0.99UNREDD
Nepal1,071.105,962.030.00FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Nicaragua1,912.903,407.53-2.70FCPF
Niger554.601,079.70-1.11FCPF
Nigeria2,229.9021,626.95-0.74UNREDD
Panama15,731.004,213.84-0.27FCPF|UNREDD
Papua New Guinea2,845.2035,855.76-0.09FCPF|UNREDD
Paraguay5,414.8016,102.26-1.65FCPF|UNREDD
Peru6,977.7072,330.37-0.24FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Philippines3,485.107,188.590.49UNREDD
Rwanda801.70276.000.44FIP|Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
Senegal1,446.808,068.16-0.49
Sierra Leone504.502,534.88-0.76
Solomon Islands2,127.502,522.97-0.03UNREDD
South Africa6,001.4017,050.09-0.21
Sri Lanka3,853.102,113.02-0.15UNREDD
Tanzania, United Republic of1,122.1045,745.00-0.99FCPF|UNREDD
Timor-Leste1,294.20921.10-0.15FCPF|UNREDD
Togo675.501,209.27-0.24FCPF|UNREDD
Trinidad and Tobago17,276.50228.19-0.18
Uganda776.802,337.90-1.68FCPF|UNREDD|FIP
Uruguay16,190.102,031.001.13FCPF
Vanuatu3,058.10442.300.00FCPF|UNREDD
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of3,410.8546,230.90-0.19
Viet Nam2,715.3014,643.090.81FCPF|UNREDD
Zambia1,291.3044,814.03-0.41UNREDD|FIP|BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL)
Zimbabwe1,464.0017,444.58-0.26UNREDD
9999/ND = No data

Data sources:

GDP per capita: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD; World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/02/weodata/index.aspx

Forest cover (2020): http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GF/metadata

Annual deforestation rate (2015-2020, %): Calculated from http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GF/metadata using the formula: (((Forest area 2020/Forest Area 2015)^(1/(2020-2015)))-1)*100

CO2 emissions: https://ourworldindata.org/2b1412c9-7001-43dd-a4ac-010b2eb74f58

Participation in global REDD+ programs:
https://climatefundsupdate.org/the-funds/; https://www.un-redd.org/partner-countries; https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/countries; https://globalforestcoalition.org/forest-investment-program-recent-developments/; Timor leste: http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/tim185261.pdf; https://www.biocarbonfund.org/node/9; http://climateinitiativesplatform.org/index.php/BioCarbon_Fund_Initiative_for_Sustainable_Forest_Landscapes_(ISFL);

Government effectiveness index: https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=worldwide-governance-indicators