Brazil vs Paraguay: Deforestation embedded in trade

Brazil
-196,178 hectares
in 2023
Paraguay
-33,820 hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
177th
Paraguay rank
174th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Brazil
  • Paraguay
-400.0k-300.0k-200.0k-100.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports -33,820 hectares against -196,178 hectares in Brazil, a difference of 162,358 hectares.

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

Brazil ranks 177th and Paraguay ranks 174th 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.