Canada vs South Africa: Drivers of deforestation

Canada
3,237 hectares
in 2023
South Africa
3,036 hectares
in 2023
Canada rank
37th
South Africa rank
39th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Canada
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 3,237 hectares against 3,036 hectares in South Africa, a difference of 200.45 hectares.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 37th and South Africa ranks 39th 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.