Canada vs Netherlands: Deforestation embedded in trade

Canada
18,602 hectares
in 2023
Netherlands
17,615 hectares
in 2023
Canada rank
12th
Netherlands rank
14th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Canada
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 18,602 hectares against 17,615 hectares in Netherlands, a difference of 986.9 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Netherlands ahead.

Canada ranks 12th 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.