Ghana vs Peru: Exported deforestation

Ghana
23,815 hectares
in 2023
Peru
28,514 hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
14th
Peru rank
13th

Exported deforestation over time

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

How they compare

Peru currently reports 28,514 hectares against 23,815 hectares in Ghana, a difference of 4,699 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Peru ahead.

Ghana ranks 14th and Peru ranks 13th 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
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.