Turkey vs United Kingdom: Drivers of deforestation

Turkey

65.15 hectares

in 2023

United Kingdom

70.99 hectares

in 2016

Turkey rank

92nd

United Kingdom rank

89th

Drivers of deforestation over time

Turkey
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 70.99 hectares against 65.15 hectares in Turkey, a difference of 5.84 hectares.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.

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

Turkey ranks 92nd 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.