Canada vs Spain: Deforestation embedded in trade

Canada
18,602 hectares
in 2023
Spain
19,805 hectares
in 2023
Canada rank
12th
Spain rank
11th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Canada
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 19,805 hectares against 18,602 hectares in Canada, a difference of 1,203 hectares.

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

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

Canada ranks 12th and Spain ranks 11th 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.