Chile vs South Africa: Tree cover loss

How they compare

Chile currently reports 47,606 hectares against 39,484 hectares in South Africa, a difference of 8,123 hectares.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was South Africa ahead.

Chile ranks 56th and South Africa ranks 59th of 197 countries.