Madagascar vs Nigeria: Exported deforestation

Madagascar
6,648 hectares
in 2023
Nigeria
7,031 hectares
in 2023
Madagascar rank
29th
Nigeria rank
27th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Madagascar
  • Nigeria
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k200520142023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 7,031 hectares against 6,648 hectares in Madagascar, a difference of 382.5 hectares.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 29th and Nigeria ranks 27th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Exported deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
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Exported deforestation is the amount of annual deforestation that is driven by the production of food and forestry products that are exported for consumption in other countries. This is measured in hectares.