Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Australia

4,652 hectares

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

5,420 hectares

in 2024

Australia rank

53rd

Papua New Guinea rank

51st

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 5,420 hectares against 4,652 hectares in Australia, a difference of 767.32 hectares.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 53rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 187 countries.

Indicator: Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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