Benin vs Germany: Exported deforestation

Benin
221.38 hectares
in 2023
Germany
208.98 hectares
in 2023
Benin rank
72nd
Germany rank
73rd

Exported deforestation over time

  • Benin
  • Germany
2004006008001.0k200520142023

How they compare

Benin currently reports 221.38 hectares against 208.98 hectares in Germany, a difference of 12.4 hectares.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

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

Benin ranks 72nd and Germany ranks 73rd 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.