Iraq vs Switzerland: Deforestation embedded in trade

Iraq
5,824 hectares
in 2023
Switzerland
5,853 hectares
in 2023
Iraq rank
32nd
Switzerland rank
31st

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Iraq
  • Switzerland
5.0k10.0k15.0k200520142023

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 5,853 hectares against 5,824 hectares in Iraq, a difference of 28.76 hectares.

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

Iraq ranks 32nd and Switzerland ranks 31st 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.