Australia vs Congo: Exported deforestation

Australia
1,873 hectares
in 2023
Congo
1,407 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
45th
Congo rank
48th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Australia
  • Congo
05.0k10.0k15.0k200520142023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1,873 hectares against 1,407 hectares in Congo, a difference of 465.89 hectares.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 45th and Congo ranks 48th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Exported deforestation
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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Exported deforestation is the amount of annual deforestation that is driven by the production of food and forestry products that are exported for consumption in other countries. This is measured in hectares.