Colombia vs Mozambique: Drivers of deforestation

Colombia
16,692 hectares
in 2023
Mozambique
21,379 hectares
in 2023
Colombia rank
18th
Mozambique rank
16th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Colombia
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 21,379 hectares against 16,692 hectares in Colombia, a difference of 4,687 hectares.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.3 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 18th and Mozambique ranks 16th 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.