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.
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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.