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Ecuador vs Papua New Guinea: Drivers of deforestation

Ecuador
4,810 hectares
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
4,645 hectares
in 2023
Ecuador rank
31st
Papua New Guinea rank
33rd

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Ecuador
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 4,810 hectares against 4,645 hectares in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 164.46 hectares.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 31st and Papua New Guinea ranks 33rd 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.