Laos vs Liberia: Exported deforestation

Laos
5,851 hectares
in 2023
Liberia
4,079 hectares
in 2023
Laos rank
31st
Liberia rank
34th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Laos
  • Liberia
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 5,851 hectares against 4,079 hectares in Liberia, a difference of 1,771 hectares.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.4 times Liberia's.

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

Laos ranks 31st and Liberia ranks 34th 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.