Thailand vs Zambia: Drivers of deforestation

Thailand
16,122 hectares
in 2023
Zambia
14,602 hectares
in 2023
Thailand rank
19th
Zambia rank
20th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Thailand
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 16,122 hectares against 14,602 hectares in Zambia, a difference of 1,519 hectares.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Zambia ahead.

Thailand ranks 19th and Zambia ranks 20th 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.