Iran vs Saudi Arabia: Deforestation embedded in trade

Iran
10,074 hectares
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
9,760 hectares
in 2023
Iran rank
17th
Saudi Arabia rank
18th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Iran
  • Saudi Arabia
10.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k200520142023

How they compare

Iran currently reports 10,074 hectares against 9,760 hectares in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 314.67 hectares.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 17th and Saudi Arabia ranks 18th 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.