Kenya vs Uganda: Exported deforestation

Kenya
1,540 hectares
in 2023
Uganda
1,286 hectares
in 2023
Kenya rank
46th
Uganda rank
49th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Kenya
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 1,540 hectares against 1,286 hectares in Uganda, a difference of 254.26 hectares.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 46th and Uganda ranks 49th 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.