Gabon vs Sri Lanka: Exported deforestation

Gabon
2,069 hectares
in 2023
Sri Lanka
2,554 hectares
in 2023
Gabon rank
43rd
Sri Lanka rank
41st

Exported deforestation over time

  • Gabon
  • Sri Lanka
2.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k200520142023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2,554 hectares against 2,069 hectares in Gabon, a difference of 485.57 hectares.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 43rd and Sri Lanka ranks 41st 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.