Ecuador vs El Salvador: Deforestation embedded in trade

Ecuador
3,877 hectares
in 2023
El Salvador
4,173 hectares
in 2023
Ecuador rank
38th
El Salvador rank
36th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
-5.0k-2.5k02.5k5.0k200520142023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 4,173 hectares against 3,877 hectares in Ecuador, a difference of 296.59 hectares.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

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

Ecuador ranks 38th and El Salvador ranks 36th 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
Last refreshed

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.