Chile vs El Salvador: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Chile

1,715 hectares

in 2024

El Salvador

1,524 hectares

in 2024

Chile rank

66th

El Salvador rank

68th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Chile currently reports 1,715 hectares against 1,524 hectares in El Salvador, a difference of 191.14 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was El Salvador ahead.

Chile ranks 66th and El Salvador ranks 68th 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.