France vs Spain: Drivers of deforestation

France
1,066 hectares
in 2023
Spain
836.77 hectares
in 2023
France rank
49th
Spain rank
52nd

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • France
  • Spain
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How they compare

France currently reports 1,066 hectares against 836.77 hectares in Spain, a difference of 228.77 hectares.

That makes France's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Spain ahead.

France ranks 49th and Spain ranks 52nd 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.