Madagascar vs Paraguay: Share of global annual deforestation

Madagascar

1.6%

in 2020

Paraguay

2.6%

in 2020

Madagascar rank

11th

Paraguay rank

8th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Paraguay currently reports 2.6% against 1.6% in Madagascar, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.6 times Madagascar's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Paraguay has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 11th and Paraguay ranks 8th 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.