Japan vs United States: Deforestation embedded in trade

Japan
44,879 hectares
in 2023
United States
191,046 hectares
in 2023
Japan rank
4th
United States rank
1st

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Japan
  • United States
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200520142023

How they compare

United States currently reports 191,046 hectares against 44,879 hectares in Japan, a difference of 146,167 hectares.

That makes United States's figure about 4.3 times Japan's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 4th and United States ranks 1st of 178 countries.

Individual pages

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

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.