Gabon vs Zambia: Deforestation embedded in trade

Gabon
103.41 hectares
in 2023
Zambia
242.33 hectares
in 2023
Gabon rank
120th
Zambia rank
117th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Gabon
  • Zambia
-15.0k-10.0k-5.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 242.33 hectares against 103.41 hectares in Gabon, a difference of 138.92 hectares.

That makes Zambia's figure about 2.3 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 120th and Zambia ranks 117th 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.