Liberia vs Nigeria: Deforestation embedded in trade

Liberia
-3,001 hectares
in 2023
Nigeria
-1,686 hectares
in 2023
Liberia rank
153rd
Nigeria rank
150th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Liberia
  • Nigeria
-20.0k020.0k40.0k200520142023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports -1,686 hectares against -3,001 hectares in Liberia, a difference of 1,316 hectares.

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

Liberia ranks 153rd and Nigeria ranks 150th 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.