Australia vs Uganda: Drivers of deforestation

Australia
4,457 hectares
in 2023
Uganda
4,678 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
35th
Uganda rank
32nd

Drivers of deforestation over time

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

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 4,678 hectares against 4,457 hectares in Australia, a difference of 221.42 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 35th and Uganda ranks 32nd 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.