Burkina Faso vs Niger: Drivers of deforestation
Burkina Faso
0.03 hectares
in 2012
Niger
0.04 hectares
in 2007
Burkina Faso rank
161st
Niger rank
159th
Drivers of deforestation over time
- Burkina Faso
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.04 hectares against 0.03 hectares in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.01 hectares.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.3 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 161st and Niger ranks 159th of 166 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher drivers of deforestation, Burkina Faso or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.04 hectares against 0.03 hectares in Burkina Faso as of 2007.
- What is the difference in drivers of deforestation between Burkina Faso and Niger?
- 0.01 hectares, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Niger?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2007.
- How do Burkina Faso and Niger rank globally for drivers of deforestation?
- Burkina Faso ranks 161st and Niger ranks 159th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Drivers of deforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.