Iran vs United Arab Emirates: Deforestation embedded in trade

Iran

10,074 hectares

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

8,400 hectares

in 2023

Iran rank

17th

United Arab Emirates rank

20th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

Iran
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Iran currently reports 10,074 hectares against 8,400 hectares in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 1,675 hectares.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.2 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 17th and United Arab Emirates ranks 20th 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.