Indonesia, One of the Countries with the Largest Deforestation in 2015-2024

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According to a WRI report, Indonesia was the country with the second-largest deforestation in the world during the 2015-2024 period.

10 Countries with the Largest Deforestation in the World (2015-2024)*

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According to the World Resources Institute (WRI), Indonesia is one of the countries with the largest deforestation in the world during the 2015-2024 period.

WRI estimates deforestation figures based on the area of tree cover lost due to agriculture, settlements, infrastructure development, and other factors that lead to long-term changes in forest land function.

The deforestation figures recorded by WRI do not account for reforestation or the area of forests that have regrown.

Based on this method, during the 2015-2024 period, Indonesia recorded deforestation covering an area of 10 million hectares (ha).

This figure is equivalent to 11% of the total global deforestation, making Indonesia the country with the 2nd largest deforestation in the world.

At the top is Brazil, which experienced 23 million ha of deforestation during the 2015-2024 period, equivalent to 26% of the total global deforestation.

Below are the details of the 10 countries with the largest deforestation during 2015-2024, according to WRI data:

Brazil: 23 million ha (26% of total global deforestation)
Indonesia: 10 million ha (11%)
Democratic Republic of Congo: 5.9 million ha (6.9%)
Bolivia: 2.9 million ha (3.4%)
Malaysia: 2.7 million ha (3.2%)
Colombia: 2.5 million ha (2.9%)
Paraguay: 2.3 million ha (2.7%)
Ivory Coast: 2.2 million ha (2.5%)
Mozambique: 2.1 million ha (2.4%)
Mexico: 2 million ha (2.4%)

"The top 10 countries with the highest total levels of deforestation between 2015 and 2024 collectively accounted for nearly two-thirds of all deforestation globally," WRI stated in its State of Climate Action 2025 report.

WRI also found that the main cause of deforestation in these 10 countries is agriculture and livestock farming.

"Across all 10 countries, agricultural expansion drove the vast majority of deforestation since 2015. Indonesia and Malaysia, for example, represent recent hotspots of deforestation spurred by conversion to oil palm plantations," WRI said.

"While in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Colombia, pastureland expansion served as the primary driver of permanent forest losses," they said.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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