Brazil vs Turkey: Imported deforestation

Brazil
16,353 hectares
in 2023
Turkey
11,570 hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
22nd
Turkey rank
24th

Imported deforestation over time

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

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 16,353 hectares against 11,570 hectares in Turkey, a difference of 4,782 hectares.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Turkey's.

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

Brazil ranks 22nd and Turkey ranks 24th 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.