Congo vs Latvia: Exported deforestation

Congo
1,407 hectares
in 2023
Latvia
1,118 hectares
in 2023
Congo rank
48th
Latvia rank
51st

Exported deforestation over time

  • Congo
  • Latvia
01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k200520142023

How they compare

Congo currently reports 1,407 hectares against 1,118 hectares in Latvia, a difference of 289.63 hectares.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.3 times Latvia's.

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

Congo ranks 48th and Latvia ranks 51st 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.