Argentina vs China: Drivers of deforestation

Argentina
31,700 hectares
in 2023
China
26,740 hectares
in 2023
Argentina rank
9th
China rank
11th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Argentina
  • China
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 31,700 hectares against 26,740 hectares in China, a difference of 4,960 hectares.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was China ahead.

Argentina ranks 9th and China ranks 11th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drivers of deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
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Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.