Nepal vs Panama: Drivers of deforestation

Nepal

544.22 hectares

in 2023

Panama

566.52 hectares

in 2023

Nepal rank

58th

Panama rank

56th

Drivers of deforestation over time

Nepal
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 566.52 hectares against 544.22 hectares in Nepal, a difference of 22.3 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 58th and Panama ranks 56th of 166 countries.

Individual pages

Drivers of deforestation in Nepal
Drivers of deforestation in Panama
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.