South Korea vs Namibia: Annual deforestation

South Korea
3,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Namibia
3,220 hectares per year
in 2020
South Korea rank
54th
Namibia rank
55th

Annual deforestation over time

  • South Korea
  • Namibia
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020052020

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 3,800 hectares per year against 3,220 hectares per year in Namibia, a difference of 580 hectares per year.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.2 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

South Korea ranks 54th and Namibia ranks 55th of 112 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
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