Canada vs Costa Rica: Exported deforestation

Canada
1,487 hectares
in 2023
Costa Rica
1,266 hectares
in 2023
Canada rank
47th
Costa Rica rank
50th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Canada
  • Costa Rica
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k200520142023

How they compare

Canada currently reports 1,487 hectares against 1,266 hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 221.77 hectares.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

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

Canada ranks 47th and Costa Rica ranks 50th 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
Last refreshed

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.