Sweden vs United Kingdom: Drivers of deforestation

Sweden

68.77 hectares

in 2023

United Kingdom

70.99 hectares

in 2016

Sweden rank

90th

United Kingdom rank

89th

Drivers of deforestation over time

Sweden
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 70.99 hectares against 68.77 hectares in Sweden, a difference of 2.22 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Sweden ranks 90th and United Kingdom ranks 89th 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
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.