Drivers of Deforestation from Commodity Production in Africa, 2001–2023

1,075 observations of deforestation drivers linked to commodity production across 53 African countries. The data spans from 2001 to 2023 and was originally published by Our World in Data. It has been repackaged for use by the Electric Sheep Africa initiative.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in commodity-linked deforestation over time based on the 2001–2023 time series.
• Compare deforestation drivers across different African nations based on the 53-country coverage.
• Model the relationship between specific commodity production and forest loss based on the dataset's stated topic.

Strengths

• Covers 53 African countries, providing a broad regional scope.
• Includes 23 years of data from 2001 to 2023 for longitudinal analysis.
• Contains 1,075 observations, indicating a structured dataset.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Time Range

2001–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 20:46:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

53 countries in Africa