Malaysia vs Vietnam: Drivers of deforestation

Malaysia
22,099 hectares
in 2023
Vietnam
24,559 hectares
in 2023
Malaysia rank
15th
Vietnam rank
13th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Malaysia
  • Vietnam
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How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 24,559 hectares against 22,099 hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 2,460 hectares.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 15th and Vietnam ranks 13th 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.