Italy vs South Korea: Deforestation embedded in trade

Italy
21,684 hectares
in 2023
South Korea
27,726 hectares
in 2023
Italy rank
9th
South Korea rank
7th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Italy
  • South Korea
020.0k40.0k60.0k200520142023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 27,726 hectares against 21,684 hectares in Italy, a difference of 6,042 hectares.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

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

Italy ranks 9th and South Korea ranks 7th 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.