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El Salvador vs Rwanda: Agriculture-driven deforestation

El Salvador
1,524 hectares
in 2024
Rwanda
1,862 hectares
in 2024
El Salvador rank
68th
Rwanda rank
65th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

  • El Salvador
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1,862 hectares against 1,524 hectares in El Salvador, a difference of 338.27 hectares.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.

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

El Salvador ranks 68th and Rwanda ranks 65th 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.