Guatemala vs Uganda: Drivers of deforestation

Guatemala
7,489 hectares
in 2023
Uganda
4,678 hectares
in 2023
Guatemala rank
29th
Uganda rank
32nd

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Guatemala
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 7,489 hectares against 4,678 hectares in Uganda, a difference of 2,810 hectares.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.6 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 29th and Uganda ranks 32nd 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.