What is the difference in agriculture-driven deforestation between Madagascar and United States?

8,207 hectares, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and United States?

24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agriculture-driven deforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Madagascar vs United States: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Madagascar

38,994 hectares

in 2024

United States

47,201 hectares

in 2024

Madagascar rank

33rd

United States rank

30th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Madagascar
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 47,201 hectares against 38,994 hectares in Madagascar, a difference of 8,207 hectares.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United States ahead.

Madagascar ranks 33rd and United States ranks 30th of 187 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	32,474 hectares	90,504 hectares	58,030 hectares	United States
2010s	56,446 hectares	87,340 hectares	30,894 hectares	United States
2020s	44,642 hectares	48,081 hectares	3,439 hectares	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agriculture-driven deforestation, Madagascar or United States?: United States, at 47,201 hectares against 38,994 hectares in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in agriculture-driven deforestation between Madagascar and United States?: 8,207 hectares, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and United States?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and United States rank globally for agriculture-driven deforestation?: Madagascar ranks 33rd and United States ranks 30th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agriculture-driven deforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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