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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Cote d'Ivoire: Deforestation embedded in trade

Democratic Republic of Congo
-333,833 hectares
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire
-127,209 hectares
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
178th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
176th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Cote d'Ivoire
-300.0k-200.0k-100.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports -127,209 hectares against -333,833 hectares in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 206,624 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 178th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 176th 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.