Germany vs Japan: Deforestation embedded in trade

Germany
47,928 hectares
in 2023
Japan
44,879 hectares
in 2023
Germany rank
3rd
Japan rank
4th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k200520142023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 47,928 hectares against 44,879 hectares in Japan, a difference of 3,049 hectares.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

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

Germany ranks 3rd 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.