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North Korea vs Nepal: Drivers of deforestation

North Korea
348.77 hectares
in 2023
Nepal
544.22 hectares
in 2023
North Korea rank
61st
Nepal rank
58th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • North Korea
  • Nepal
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How they compare

Nepal currently reports 544.22 hectares against 348.77 hectares in North Korea, a difference of 195.45 hectares.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.6 times North Korea's.

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

North Korea ranks 61st and Nepal ranks 58th 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.