Ethiopia vs Malawi: Share of global annual deforestation

Ethiopia

0.4%

in 2020

Malawi

0.5%

in 2020

Ethiopia rank

28th

Malawi rank

27th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Malawi currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 27th of 112 countries.

Indicator: Share of global annual deforestation
Unit: %
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.