Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Exported deforestation

Malawi
2,697 hectares
in 2023
Sri Lanka
2,554 hectares
in 2023
Malawi rank
40th
Sri Lanka rank
41st

Exported deforestation over time

  • Malawi
  • Sri Lanka
02.0k4.0k6.0k200520142023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 2,697 hectares against 2,554 hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 143.14 hectares.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Malawi ranks 40th 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.