Taiwan vs East Timor: Drivers of deforestation

Taiwan
20.74 hectares
in 2023
East Timor
16.07 hectares
in 2023
Taiwan rank
107th
East Timor rank
110th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Taiwan
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 20.74 hectares against 16.07 hectares in East Timor, a difference of 4.67 hectares.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.3 times East Timor's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2001 it was East Timor ahead.

Taiwan ranks 107th and East Timor ranks 110th 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.