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China vs Cote d'Ivoire: Exported deforestation

China
86,523 hectares
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire
131,358 hectares
in 2023
China rank
4th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
3rd

Exported deforestation over time

  • China
  • Cote d'Ivoire
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200520142023

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 131,358 hectares against 86,523 hectares in China, a difference of 44,835 hectares.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.5 times China's.

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

China ranks 4th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 3rd 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.