Laos vs Nicaragua: Deforestation embedded in trade

Laos
-5,462 hectares
in 2023
Nicaragua
-3,840 hectares
in 2023
Laos rank
158th
Nicaragua rank
155th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Laos
  • Nicaragua
-20.0k-15.0k-10.0k-5.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports -3,840 hectares against -5,462 hectares in Laos, a difference of 1,622 hectares.

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

Laos ranks 158th and Nicaragua ranks 155th 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.