Australia vs Netherlands: Deforestation embedded in trade

Australia
16,518 hectares
in 2023
Netherlands
17,615 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
15th
Netherlands rank
14th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 17,615 hectares against 16,518 hectares in Australia, a difference of 1,098 hectares.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 15th and Netherlands ranks 14th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Deforestation embedded in trade
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
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Deforestation driven by imported goods minus exported goods from agriculture and forest plantations. Net importers of deforestation are countries who contribute to net deforestation in other countries – the deforestation that they cause in other countries is given as a positive value.