Gabon vs Iceland: Deforestation embedded in trade

Gabon
103.41 hectares
in 2023
Iceland
149.22 hectares
in 2023
Gabon rank
120th
Iceland rank
119th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Gabon
  • Iceland
-6.0k-4.0k-2.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 149.22 hectares against 103.41 hectares in Gabon, a difference of 45.81 hectares.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.4 times Gabon's.

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

Gabon ranks 120th and Iceland ranks 119th 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.