China vs United States: Deforestation embedded in trade
China
144,628 hectares
in 2023
United States
191,046 hectares
in 2023
China rank
2nd
United States rank
1st
Deforestation embedded in trade over time
- China
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 191,046 hectares against 144,628 hectares in China, a difference of 46,418 hectares.
That makes United States's figure about 1.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was United States ahead.
China ranks 2nd and United States ranks 1st of 178 countries.
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About this data
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.