Benin vs Mauritania: Imported deforestation

Benin
1,911 hectares
in 2023
Mauritania
1,865 hectares
in 2023
Benin rank
104th
Mauritania rank
106th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Benin
  • Mauritania
5001.0k1.5k2.0k200520142023

How they compare

Benin currently reports 1,911 hectares against 1,865 hectares in Mauritania, a difference of 45.46 hectares.

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

Benin ranks 104th and Mauritania ranks 106th 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.