Ecuador vs Portugal: Deforestation embedded in trade

Ecuador
3,877 hectares
in 2023
Portugal
3,909 hectares
in 2023
Ecuador rank
38th
Portugal rank
37th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Ecuador
  • Portugal
-10.0k010.0k20.0k200520142023

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 3,909 hectares against 3,877 hectares in Ecuador, a difference of 32.56 hectares.

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

Ecuador ranks 38th and Portugal ranks 37th 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.