Brazil vs Indonesia: Exported deforestation

Brazil
212,531 hectares
in 2023
Indonesia
64,906 hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
2nd
Indonesia rank
5th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Brazil
  • Indonesia
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k200520142023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 212,531 hectares against 64,906 hectares in Indonesia, a difference of 147,625 hectares.

That makes Brazil's figure about 3.3 times Indonesia's.

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

Brazil ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 5th 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.