Burkina Faso vs Ecuador: Imported deforestation

Burkina Faso
8,085 hectares
in 2023
Ecuador
7,461 hectares
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
33rd
Ecuador rank
35th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Ecuador
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 8,085 hectares against 7,461 hectares in Ecuador, a difference of 623.73 hectares.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

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

Burkina Faso ranks 33rd and Ecuador ranks 35th 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.