Botswana vs Cyprus: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Botswana

1.23 hectares

in 2024

Cyprus

1.08 hectares

in 2024

Botswana rank

167th

Cyprus rank

168th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Botswana currently reports 1.23 hectares against 1.08 hectares in Cyprus, a difference of 0.1579 hectares.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 167th and Cyprus ranks 168th 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

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