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Benin vs El Salvador: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Benin
1,374 hectares
in 2024
El Salvador
1,524 hectares
in 2024
Benin rank
71st
El Salvador rank
68th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

  • Benin
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1,524 hectares against 1,374 hectares in Benin, a difference of 150.5 hectares.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was El Salvador ahead.

Benin ranks 71st and El Salvador ranks 68th of 187 countries.

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About this data

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

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.