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Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea: Deforestation embedded in trade

Nigeria
-1,686 hectares
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
-1,712 hectares
in 2023
Nigeria rank
150th
Papua New Guinea rank
151st

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Nigeria
  • Papua New Guinea
-40.0k-20.0k020.0k40.0k200520142023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports -1,686 hectares against -1,712 hectares in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 26.51 hectares.

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

Nigeria ranks 150th and Papua New Guinea ranks 151st 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.