Kenya vs Malawi: Drivers of deforestation

Kenya
2,719 hectares
in 2023
Malawi
2,714 hectares
in 2023
Kenya rank
42nd
Malawi rank
43rd

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Kenya
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 2,719 hectares against 2,714 hectares in Malawi, a difference of 5.11 hectares.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 42nd and Malawi ranks 43rd 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.