Nepal vs Niger: Deforestation embedded in trade

Nepal
2,808 hectares
in 2023
Niger
2,736 hectares
in 2023
Nepal rank
53rd
Niger rank
54th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Nepal
  • Niger
01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k200520142023

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 2,808 hectares against 2,736 hectares in Niger, a difference of 72.66 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Niger ahead.

Nepal ranks 53rd and Niger ranks 54th 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.