Malaysia vs Vietnam: Deforestation embedded in trade

Malaysia
-17,134 hectares
in 2023
Vietnam
-15,977 hectares
in 2023
Malaysia rank
168th
Vietnam rank
167th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Malaysia
  • Vietnam
-100.0k-80.0k-60.0k-40.0k-20.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports -15,977 hectares against -17,134 hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 1,156 hectares.

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

Malaysia ranks 168th and Vietnam ranks 167th 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.