Germany vs North Korea: Drivers of deforestation

Germany
319.87 hectares
in 2019
North Korea
348.77 hectares
in 2023
Germany rank
64th
North Korea rank
61st

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Germany
  • North Korea
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How they compare

North Korea currently reports 348.77 hectares against 319.87 hectares in Germany, a difference of 28.9 hectares.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2001 it was North Korea ahead.

Germany ranks 64th 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.