Ecuador vs Madagascar: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Ecuador

42,043 hectares

in 2024

Madagascar

38,994 hectares

in 2024

Ecuador rank

31st

Madagascar rank

33rd

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Ecuador currently reports 42,043 hectares against 38,994 hectares in Madagascar, a difference of 3,049 hectares.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Ecuador ranks 31st and Madagascar ranks 33rd 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.