Brazil vs Chile: Imported deforestation

Brazil

16,353 hectares

in 2023

Chile

16,752 hectares

in 2023

Brazil rank

22nd

Chile rank

20th

Imported deforestation over time

Brazil
Chile

How they compare

Chile currently reports 16,752 hectares against 16,353 hectares in Brazil, a difference of 399.1 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 22nd and Chile ranks 20th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Brazil
Imported deforestation in Chile
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.