Italy vs South Sudan: Drivers of deforestation

Italy
1,129 hectares
in 2023
South Sudan
1,009 hectares
in 2023
Italy rank
48th
South Sudan rank
51st

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Italy
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 1,129 hectares against 1,009 hectares in South Sudan, a difference of 119.82 hectares.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times South Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2016 it was South Sudan ahead.

Italy ranks 48th and South Sudan ranks 51st 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.