Commodity driven deforestation by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
1.82 million
Brazil
Lowest
0
Mauritania
Median
317.73
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
4,269
What the numbers show
Commodity driven deforestation is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 1.82 million in Brazil; the lowest is 0 in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 317.73, and the mean is 36,309.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 1,531.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Commodity driven deforestation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1.82 million | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 2 | Indonesia | 845,360 | 2024 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia | 286,053 | 2024 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 4 | Mozambique | 228,172 | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 205,033 | 2024 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 6 | Malaysia | 196,314 | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 191,481 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 8 | Colombia | 189,845 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 9 | Tanzania | 177,886 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 173,767 | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 168,811 | 2024 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Paraguay | 165,580 | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 155,870 | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Peru | 143,544 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 15 | Laos | 137,705 | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Argentina | 126,419 | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 17 | Thailand | 124,686 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 116,100 | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Nigeria | 94,299 | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Ghana | 92,142 | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Cambodia | 83,555 | 2024 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 22 | Guatemala | 68,333 | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 23 | Myanmar | 67,354 | 2024 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 24 | Venezuela | 66,744 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 65,591 | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 26 | China | 61,996 | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | 60,715 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 28 | Uganda | 52,214 | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Liberia | 50,316 | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 30 | United States | 47,201 | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 31 | Ecuador | 42,043 | 2024 | up 72.0% | flat |
| 32 | Vietnam | 39,062 | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 38,994 | 2024 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 34 | Philippines | 36,513 | 2024 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 35 | India | 34,636 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 33,249 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea | 32,983 | 2024 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 20,253 | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 16,830 | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Panama | 15,692 | 2024 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 41 | Guyana | 13,014 | 2024 | up 309.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Canada | 12,630 | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 43 | Belize | 11,725 | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 44 | Malawi | 11,260 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 11,126 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 46 | Chad | 10,298 | 2024 | up 264.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Kenya | 9,634 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 9,293 | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 7,308 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 50 | Congo | 6,340 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 5,420 | 2024 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,696 | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Australia | 4,652 | 2024 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 54 | Suriname | 4,492 | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Cuba | 3,937 | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Togo | 3,923 | 2024 | up 121.8% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 3,723 | 2024 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 58 | Gabon | 2,999 | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 59 | South Sudan | 2,790 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 2,593 | 2024 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 2,532 | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 62 | French Guiana | 2,155 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 63 | Russia | 2,050 | 2024 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Burundi | 1,934 | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 1,862 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 1,715 | 2024 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,536 | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 68 | El Salvador | 1,524 | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 69 | New Zealand | 1,383 | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Spain | 1,380 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 71 | Benin | 1,374 | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Haiti | 1,103 | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Uruguay | 1,088 | 2024 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 990.57 | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Turkey | 937.81 | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 76 | France | 892.79 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 77 | Nepal | 823.17 | 2024 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 78 | East Timor | 819.6 | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 784.55 | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Italy | 783.27 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 81 | Taiwan | 758.27 | 2024 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 82 | North Korea | 719.97 | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Finland | 692.31 | 2024 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 84 | Mayotte | 511.4 | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Brunei | 509.72 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 86 | Japan | 461.32 | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 87 | Mauritius | 460.26 | 2014 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 416.19 | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Ukraine | 415.82 | 2024 | up 230.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Algeria | 406.5 | 2024 | down 35.2% | flat |
| 91 | Portugal | 397.54 | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 92 | Eswatini | 386.03 | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 365.51 | 2024 | up 47.9% | falling |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 269.94 | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Mali | 232.19 | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bhutan | 207.67 | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Puerto Rico | 207.04 | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Norway | 172.47 | 2024 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 168.98 | 2024 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 148.26 | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Somalia | 133.46 | 2024 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 102 | Grenada | 122.77 | 2024 | up 217.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Fiji | 119.53 | 2024 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 104 | Senegal | 113.49 | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 106.13 | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Belarus | 98.16 | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Germany | 97.54 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 93.95 | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Romania | 93.03 | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Comoros | 91.8 | 2024 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 111 | South Korea | 87.18 | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Poland | 80.91 | 2024 | down 71.5% | flat |
| 113 | Georgia | 77.89 | 2024 | up 522.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Latvia | 69.15 | 2024 | down 70.3% | rising |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 63.21 | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Sweden | 63.12 | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 117 | United Kingdom | 61.89 | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Lithuania | 60.79 | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Croatia | 57.33 | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Martinique | 54.8 | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | 50.16 | 2024 | up 341.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahamas | 49.03 | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Estonia | 48.57 | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Denmark | 44.3 | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.02 | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Israel | 34.4 | 2024 | up 213.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Albania | 28.73 | 2024 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Ireland | 28.56 | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.9 | 2024 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Sudan | 27.06 | 2024 | up 585.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Belgium | 26.91 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 132 | Guadeloupe | 23.3 | 2024 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.54 | 2024 | up 526.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Serbia | 21.52 | 2024 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Slovenia | 20.34 | 2024 | down 60.6% | flat |
| 136 | Austria | 19.9 | 2024 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Egypt | 19.36 | 2024 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 18.77 | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Moldova | 17.46 | 2024 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Iran | 16.91 | 2024 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Libya | 16.5 | 2024 | up 452.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Syria | 16.1 | 2024 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 15.48 | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Netherlands | 15.16 | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Gambia | 14.91 | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 12.38 | 2024 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 12.17 | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Montenegro | 11.94 | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Pakistan | 10.76 | 2024 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 10.09 | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Dominica | 9.65 | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Singapore | 8.92 | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Maldives | 7.49 | 2024 | up 1,531.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Barbados | 6.97 | 2024 | up 287.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Cayman Islands | 6.18 | 2024 | up 1,316.7% | volatile |
| 156 | United States Virgin Islands | 6.16 | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Reunion | 6.11 | 2016 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Switzerland | 5.08 | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 159 | Slovakia | 5.08 | 2024 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.56 | 2024 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Palau | 2.52 | 2024 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.27 | 2024 | up 206.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Iraq | 1.86 | 2024 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Czechia | 1.64 | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1.32 | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Aland Islands | 1.31 | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Botswana | 1.23 | 2024 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Cyprus | 1.08 | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Lesotho | 0.8752 | 2024 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Curacao | 0.7524 | 2024 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.7338 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 172 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6578 | 2018 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Mongolia | 0.6177 | 2019 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Montserrat | 0.5163 | 2022 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Uzbekistan | 0.472 | 2024 | up 179.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Palestine | 0.3952 | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.2257 | 2021 | up 207.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 0.1493 | 2022 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Anguilla | 0.1463 | 2013 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Turkmenistan | 0.1251 | 2013 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 0.1232 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Armenia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Eritrea | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |