Australia vs Malaysia: Imported deforestation

Australia
18,391 hectares
in 2023
Malaysia
17,987 hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
16th
Malaysia rank
17th

Imported deforestation over time

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

How they compare

Australia currently reports 18,391 hectares against 17,987 hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 403.2 hectares.

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

Australia ranks 16th and Malaysia ranks 17th 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
Last refreshed

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.