China vs Paraguay: Exported deforestation

China
86,523 hectares
in 2023
Paraguay
50,300 hectares
in 2023
China rank
4th
Paraguay rank
6th

Exported deforestation over time

  • China
  • Paraguay
050.0k100.0k150.0k200520142023

How they compare

China currently reports 86,523 hectares against 50,300 hectares in Paraguay, a difference of 36,223 hectares.

That makes China's figure about 1.7 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Paraguay ahead.

China ranks 4th and Paraguay ranks 6th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

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.