Mali vs Somalia: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported
Mali
-100,546 hectares
in 2025
Somalia
-75,950 hectares
in 2025
Mali rank
215th
Somalia rank
212th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported over time
- Mali
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports -75,950 hectares against -100,546 hectares in Mali, a difference of 24,596 hectares.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Somalia ahead.
Mali ranks 215th and Somalia ranks 212th of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -100,546 hectares | -76,750 hectares | 23,796 hectares | Somalia |
| 2000s | -100,546 hectares | -76,750 hectares | 23,796 hectares | Somalia |
| 2010s | -100,546 hectares | -146,185 hectares | 45,639 hectares | Mali |
| 2020s | -100,546 hectares | -88,942 hectares | 11,604 hectares | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, Mali or Somalia?
- Somalia, at -75,950 hectares against -100,546 hectares in Mali as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between Mali and Somalia?
- 24,596 hectares, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Somalia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mali and Somalia rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Mali ranks 215th and Somalia ranks 212th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.