Malaysia vs Vietnam: Exported deforestation

Malaysia
35,121 hectares
in 2023
Vietnam
42,621 hectares
in 2023
Malaysia rank
9th
Vietnam rank
7th

Exported deforestation over time

  • Malaysia
  • Vietnam
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k200520142023

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 42,621 hectares against 35,121 hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 7,500 hectares.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

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

Malaysia ranks 9th and Vietnam ranks 7th 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.