India vs Madagascar: Agriculture-driven deforestation

India

34,636 hectares

in 2024

Madagascar

38,994 hectares

in 2024

India rank

35th

Madagascar rank

33rd

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Madagascar currently reports 38,994 hectares against 34,636 hectares in India, a difference of 4,358 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was India ahead.

India ranks 35th 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.