Botswana vs Slovakia: Imported deforestation

Botswana

1,243 hectares

in 2023

Slovakia

1,251 hectares

in 2023

Botswana rank

130th

Slovakia rank

129th

Imported deforestation over time

Botswana
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 1,251 hectares against 1,243 hectares in Botswana, a difference of 8 hectares.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Slovakia ahead.

Botswana ranks 130th and Slovakia ranks 129th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Botswana
Imported deforestation in Slovakia
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.