Deforestation and Agricultural Plantation Data for 44 Asian Countries, 2001–2023

2001–2023 data on deforestation and agricultural plantations across 44 Asian countries, comprising 911 observations. The dataset is sourced from Our World in Data and repackaged by Electric Sheep Asia. It provides a regional view of land-use changes over more than two decades.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in deforestation drivers based on agricultural plantation data mentioned in the description
• Modeling the relationship between agricultural expansion and forest loss across Asian countries
• Creating regional environmental indicators for policy assessment based on the multi-country, time-series data

Strengths

• Covers 44 Asian countries, providing a broad regional scope
• Spans 23 years (2001–2023), enabling longitudinal analysis
• Contains 911 observations for statistical modeling

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Asia from the original source.

Time Range

2001–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:54:59; freshness should be verified

Geography

44 Asian countries