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Share of global deforestation

% · higher is better · 132 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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League table

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  1. 1Brazil38.4%
  2. 2India6.9%
  3. 3Angola6%
  4. 4Tanzania5.5%
  5. 5Congo, Dem. Rep.3.3%
  6. 6China3.2%
  7. 7Mozambique3.1%
  8. 8Sudan3.1%
  9. 9Paraguay2.6%
  10. 10Argentina2.3%
  11. 11Mexico2%
  12. 12Madagascar1.6%
  13. 13Colombia1.6%
  14. 14Chad1.5%
  15. 15Burkina Faso1.5%
  16. 16Cameroon1.4%
  17. 17Mali1.4%
  18. 18Indonesia1.3%
  19. 19Cote d'Ivoire1.1%
  20. 20Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.9%
  21. 21Honduras0.83%
  22. 22Guinea0.8%
  23. 23Guatemala0.72%
  24. 24Venezuela, RB0.71%
  25. 25Benin0.66%
  26. 26Zimbabwe0.62%
  27. 27Canada0.6%
  28. 28Central African Republic0.55%
  29. 29Malawi0.49%
  30. 30Ethiopia0.45%
  31. 31Uganda0.45%
  32. 32Portugal0.43%
  33. 33Papua New Guinea0.39%
  34. 34Nicaragua0.34%
  35. 35Dominican Republic0.29%
  36. 36Suriname0.27%
  37. 37Kazakhstan0.26%
  38. 38Senegal0.25%
  39. 39Niger0.23%
  40. 40Italy0.15%
  41. 41Chile0.13%
  42. 42Gabon0.13%
  43. 43New Zealand0.12%
  44. 44Algeria0.1%
  45. 45Bhutan0.1%
  46. 46Equatorial Guinea0.1%
  47. 47Guyana0.09%
  48. 48Norway0.08%
  49. 49Gambia, The0.08%
  50. 50Iraq0.08%
  51. 51Netherlands0.06%
  52. 52Panama0.06%
  53. 53Austria0.06%
  54. 54El Salvador0.06%
  55. 55Costa Rica0.05%
  56. 56Spain0.05%
  57. 57Togo0.05%
  58. 58Tunisia0.05%
  59. 59Korea, Rep.0.04%
  60. 60Namibia0.04%
  61. 61Germany0.04%
  62. 62Uzbekistan0.04%
  63. 63Czechia0.03%
  64. 64Slovenia0.03%
  65. 65Morocco0.03%
  66. 66Viet Nam0.02%
  67. 67Poland0.02%
  68. 68Eswatini0.02%
  69. 69Hungary0.02%
  70. 70Denmark0.01%
  71. 71Switzerland0.01%
  72. 72Estonia0.01%
  73. 73Latvia0.01%
  74. 74Ireland0.01%
  75. 75Jamaica0.01%
  76. 76Lithuania0.01%
  77. 77Turkiye0%
  78. 78Libya0%
  79. 79United Kingdom0%
  80. 80Lebanon0%
  81. 81Croatia0%
  82. 81Dominica0%
  83. 82Mauritius0%
  84. 83Serbia0%
  85. 83Romania0%
  86. 84St. Vincent and the Grenadines0%
  87. 85Russian Federation0%
  88. 85Finland0%
  89. 85Faroe Islands0%
  90. 85Qatar0%
  91. 85Georgia0%
  92. 85Gibraltar0%
  93. 85Greenland0%
  94. 85Oman0%
  95. 85Monaco0%
  96. 85Naoero0%
  97. 85Isle of Man0%
  98. 85Iran, Islamic Rep.0%
  99. 85Iceland0%
  100. 85Jordan0%
  101. 85Yemen, Rep.0%
  102. 85Kuwait0%
  103. 85Malta0%
  104. 85Bulgaria0%
  105. 85Congo, Rep.0%
  106. 85Sweden0%
  107. 85Comoros0%
  108. 85Cuba0%
  109. 85Cayman Islands0%
  110. 85San Marino0%
  111. 85Djibouti0%
  112. 85Uruguay0%
  113. 85Bahrain0%
  114. 85Singapore0%
  115. 85Saudi Arabia0%
  116. 85Liechtenstein0%
  117. 85Syrian Arab Republic0%

Share of global deforestation