Mali vs Sudan: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area

Mali
1.0%
in 2020
Sudan
1.2%
in 2020
Mali rank
18th
Sudan rank
15th

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time

  • Mali
  • Sudan
00.511.5199020052020

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 1.2% against 1.0% in Mali, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sudan ahead.

Mali ranks 18th and Sudan ranks 15th 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.