South Sudan vs Spain: Drivers of deforestation

South Sudan
1,009 hectares
in 2023
Spain
836.77 hectares
in 2023
South Sudan rank
51st
Spain rank
52nd

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • South Sudan
  • Spain
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How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 1,009 hectares against 836.77 hectares in Spain, a difference of 172.59 hectares.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2012 it was South Sudan ahead.

South Sudan ranks 51st and Spain ranks 52nd 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.