Equatorial Guinea vs North Korea: Drivers of deforestation

Equatorial Guinea
321.37 hectares
in 2023
North Korea
348.77 hectares
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
63rd
North Korea rank
61st

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • North Korea
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How they compare

North Korea currently reports 348.77 hectares against 321.37 hectares in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 27.4 hectares.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 63rd and North Korea ranks 61st 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.