Mauritania vs Namibia: Deforestation embedded in trade

Mauritania
1,865 hectares
in 2023
Namibia
1,843 hectares
in 2023
Mauritania rank
74th
Namibia rank
75th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Mauritania
  • Namibia
05.0k10.0k15.0k200520142023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 1,865 hectares against 1,843 hectares in Namibia, a difference of 22.43 hectares.

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

Mauritania ranks 74th and Namibia ranks 75th 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.