Canada vs Russia: Deforestation embedded in trade

Canada
18,602 hectares
in 2023
Russia
21,570 hectares
in 2023
Canada rank
12th
Russia rank
10th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Canada
  • Russia
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How they compare

Russia currently reports 21,570 hectares against 18,602 hectares in Canada, a difference of 2,968 hectares.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

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

Canada ranks 12th and Russia ranks 10th 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.