Brazil vs Paraguay: Imported deforestation

Brazil
16,353 hectares
in 2023
Paraguay
16,481 hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
22nd
Paraguay rank
21st

Imported deforestation over time

  • Brazil
  • Paraguay
20.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k200520142023

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 16,481 hectares against 16,353 hectares in Brazil, a difference of 128.3 hectares.

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

Brazil ranks 22nd and Paraguay ranks 21st 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.