India vs United Kingdom: Deforestation embedded in trade

India

27,148 hectares

in 2023

United Kingdom

29,101 hectares

in 2023

India rank

8th

United Kingdom rank

5th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

India
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 29,101 hectares against 27,148 hectares in India, a difference of 1,953 hectares.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was United Kingdom ahead.

India ranks 8th and United Kingdom ranks 5th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.