Australia vs Ethiopia: Drivers of deforestation

Australia
4,457 hectares
in 2023
Ethiopia
3,549 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
35th
Ethiopia rank
36th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Australia
  • Ethiopia
05.0k10.0k15.0k200120122023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 4,457 hectares against 3,549 hectares in Ethiopia, a difference of 908.34 hectares.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 35th and Ethiopia ranks 36th 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.