Ghana vs India: Exported deforestation

Ghana
23,815 hectares
in 2023
India
28,549 hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
14th
India rank
12th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Ghana
  • India
20.0k40.0k60.0k200520142023

How they compare

India currently reports 28,549 hectares against 23,815 hectares in Ghana, a difference of 4,734 hectares.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.

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

Ghana ranks 14th and India ranks 12th 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.