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Australia vs Central African Republic: Drivers of deforestation

Australia
4,457 hectares
in 2023
Central African Republic
3,096 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
35th
Central African Republic rank
38th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Australia
  • Central African Republic
05.0k10.0k15.0k200120122023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 4,457 hectares against 3,096 hectares in Central African Republic, a difference of 1,361 hectares.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 35th and Central African Republic ranks 38th 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.