Australia vs Canada: Imported deforestation

Australia
18,391 hectares
in 2023
Canada
20,090 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
16th
Canada rank
14th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
010.0k20.0k30.0k200520142023

How they compare

Canada currently reports 20,090 hectares against 18,391 hectares in Australia, a difference of 1,699 hectares.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 14th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Imported 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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Imported deforestation is the amount of deforestation in other countries that is driven by the production of food and forestry products that are imported. This is measured in hectares.