Denmark vs Suriname: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area

Denmark
0.2%
in 2020
Suriname
0.2%
in 2020
Denmark rank
40th
Suriname rank
42nd

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time

  • Denmark
  • Suriname
00.050.10.150.2199020052020

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Suriname, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.3 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Suriname ahead.

Denmark ranks 40th and Suriname ranks 42nd of 105 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
105 places, 525 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.