Costa Rica vs Uganda: Exported deforestation

Costa Rica

1,266 hectares

in 2023

Uganda

1,286 hectares

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

50th

Uganda rank

49th

Exported deforestation over time

Costa Rica
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 1,286 hectares against 1,266 hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 20.21 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 50th and Uganda ranks 49th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Exported deforestation in Costa Rica
Exported deforestation in Uganda
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.