Benin vs Chile: Drivers of deforestation

Benin

225.28 hectares

in 2023

Chile

220.38 hectares

in 2023

Benin rank

68th

Chile rank

69th

Drivers of deforestation over time

Benin
Chile

How they compare

Benin currently reports 225.28 hectares against 220.38 hectares in Chile, a difference of 4.9 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Chile ahead.

Benin ranks 68th and Chile ranks 69th of 166 countries.

Individual pages

Drivers of deforestation in Benin
Drivers of deforestation in Chile
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.