Colombia vs Laos: Drivers of deforestation

Colombia
16,692 hectares
in 2023
Laos
18,937 hectares
in 2023
Colombia rank
18th
Laos rank
17th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Colombia
  • Laos
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 18,937 hectares against 16,692 hectares in Colombia, a difference of 2,245 hectares.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 18th and Laos ranks 17th 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
Last refreshed

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.