Panama vs Zimbabwe: Drivers of deforestation

Panama
566.52 hectares
in 2023
Zimbabwe
443.69 hectares
in 2023
Panama rank
56th
Zimbabwe rank
59th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Panama
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 566.52 hectares against 443.69 hectares in Zimbabwe, a difference of 122.83 hectares.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.3 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Panama ranks 56th and Zimbabwe ranks 59th 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.