Costa Rica vs Hungary: Deforestation embedded in trade

Costa Rica
1,037 hectares
in 2023
Hungary
1,206 hectares
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
100th
Hungary rank
97th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Hungary
-4.0k-2.0k02.0k200520142023

How they compare

Hungary currently reports 1,206 hectares against 1,037 hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 169.08 hectares.

That makes Hungary's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

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

Costa Rica ranks 100th and Hungary ranks 97th 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.