France vs Japan: Deforestation embedded in trade

France
27,984 hectares
in 2023
Japan
44,879 hectares
in 2023
France rank
6th
Japan rank
4th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • France
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 44,879 hectares against 27,984 hectares in France, a difference of 16,896 hectares.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.6 times France's.

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

France ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th 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.