Deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and forest plantations by country
The estimated area deforested to clear land for agricultural production or forest plantations. This is measured in hectares.
Countries reporting
174
Highest
1.29 million
Brazil
Lowest
0.04
Tajikistan
Median
306
Years covered
23
2001–2023
Data points
3,812
What the numbers show
Deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and forest plantations is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 1.29 million in Brazil; the lowest is 0.04 in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 306, and the mean is 25,651.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Reunion (up 4,429.7%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 99.5%).
Deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and forest plantations: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1.29 million | 2023 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 571,063 | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 3 | China | 444,163 | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 4 | Cote d'Ivoire | 218,438 | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Bolivia | 150,133 | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 6 | India | 134,885 | 2023 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 109,543 | 2023 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Vietnam | 107,948 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 106,300 | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Paraguay | 79,570 | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 11 | Myanmar | 78,204 | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 76,404 | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 68,301 | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 67,936 | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 15 | Laos | 67,314 | 2023 | up 346.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Ghana | 61,290 | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Cameroon | 56,681 | 2023 | up 349.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 49,608 | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 49,199 | 2023 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 48,425 | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Madagascar | 47,560 | 2023 | up 420.5% | rising |
| 22 | United States | 45,711 | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Cambodia | 42,543 | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania | 38,790 | 2023 | down 40.2% | flat |
| 25 | Mozambique | 37,054 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 32,952 | 2023 | up 231.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 32,275 | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 28 | Chile | 31,353 | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 28,046 | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Ecuador | 19,347 | 2023 | up 159.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 18,888 | 2023 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 18,877 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 18,827 | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 17,361 | 2023 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 35 | New Zealand | 16,180 | 2023 | up 958.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 12,740 | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 12,591 | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Guatemala | 12,358 | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Uganda | 11,948 | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 11,475 | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 41 | Chad | 10,346 | 2023 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Congo | 9,198 | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 43 | Kenya | 8,863 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 8,427 | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 6,793 | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela | 5,603 | 2023 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 47 | Panama | 4,960 | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | 4,786 | 2023 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 49 | Australia | 4,457 | 2023 | up 579.9% | volatile |
| 50 | South Sudan | 4,221 | 2023 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 51 | Ireland | 3,785 | 2023 | up 153.2% | rising |
| 52 | South Africa | 3,695 | 2023 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 53 | Canada | 3,237 | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Uruguay | 3,133 | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 2,431 | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Spain | 1,937 | 2023 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Benin | 1,858 | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Rwanda | 1,825 | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 59 | Italy | 1,748 | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 60 | Guyana | 1,659 | 2023 | up 250.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Russia | 1,599 | 2023 | down 90.9% | falling |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 1,575 | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Ukraine | 1,429 | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 1,331 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 1,330 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 66 | Suriname | 1,301 | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,121 | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 68 | France | 1,066 | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Belize | 1,058 | 2023 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 944.14 | 2023 | up 463.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 891.59 | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 864.86 | 2023 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 73 | French Guiana | 798.91 | 2006 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 74 | Finland | 797.64 | 2023 | down 77.9% | falling |
| 75 | Turkey | 787.85 | 2023 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 720.33 | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Serbia | 505.04 | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Fiji | 485.5 | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Greece | 480.44 | 2023 | up 1,582.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Japan | 472.55 | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Burundi | 432.61 | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 426.77 | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 420.13 | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 84 | North Korea | 415.65 | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Cuba | 405.21 | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Germany | 365.75 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 87 | Mali | 318.42 | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Portugal | 293.58 | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Lithuania | 282.52 | 2023 | up 233.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Poland | 265.98 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Romania | 259.95 | 2023 | up 969.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 240.06 | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 223 | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Bhutan | 183.87 | 2023 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Norway | 177.69 | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 169.61 | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 150.82 | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Taiwan | 148.66 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 99 | Sweden | 145.35 | 2023 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Jamaica | 144.76 | 2023 | up 45.9% | falling |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 141.04 | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 102 | South Korea | 136.99 | 2023 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Somalia | 129.02 | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 104 | Mauritius | 124.32 | 2014 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 111.45 | 2023 | up 177.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Albania | 104.51 | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Slovenia | 99.64 | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 108 | Reunion | 88.33 | 2006 | up 4,429.7% | volatile |
| 109 | El Salvador | 83.63 | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Estonia | 80.13 | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 71.17 | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 112 | East Timor | 61.42 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 113 | Brunei | 55.27 | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 53.2 | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Switzerland | 49.5 | 2023 | up 1,953.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Sudan | 47.09 | 2023 | up 132.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Netherlands | 46.6 | 2023 | up 394.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Austria | 44.08 | 2023 | up 203.6% | volatile |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 41.95 | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Denmark | 40.46 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Czechia | 40.19 | 2023 | up 334.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Eswatini | 38.56 | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | 36.1 | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Belgium | 31.72 | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Moldova | 31.56 | 2023 | up 246.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.03 | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Georgia | 25.12 | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 128 | New Caledonia | 24.22 | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 23.34 | 2019 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Pakistan | 17.81 | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 16.51 | 2023 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 15.42 | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Egypt | 14.55 | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Belarus | 10 | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Algeria | 9.57 | 2023 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Senegal | 9.16 | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Comoros | 8.9 | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Singapore | 8.25 | 2023 | up 918.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Morocco | 7.71 | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Israel | 5.96 | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Tunisia | 5.6 | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Iran | 5.45 | 2023 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Namibia | 5.43 | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Bahamas | 3.68 | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 3.25 | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Gambia | 2.78 | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Mongolia | 2.22 | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Armenia | 2.18 | 2023 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 2.17 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Syria | 1.93 | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Botswana | 1.87 | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Cape Verde | 1.77 | 2020 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Dominica | 1.67 | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Lebanon | 1.66 | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.16 | 2022 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Cyprus | 0.95 | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.81 | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 0.8 | 2023 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 0.73 | 2023 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Libya | 0.65 | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 0.3 | 2014 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Grenada | 0.28 | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Uzbekistan | 0.15 | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Lesotho | 0.13 | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Malta | 0.13 | 2017 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Palestine | 0.13 | 2020 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Jordan | 0.08 | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 0.07 | 2018 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Iraq | 0.06 | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.06 | 2022 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Niger | 0.06 | 2012 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.06 | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | 0.05 | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 0.04 | 2020 | down 99.4% | volatile |
About this data
The estimated area deforested to clear land for agricultural production or forest plantations. This is measured in hectares.