Canada vs Mexico: Imported deforestation

Canada
20,090 hectares
in 2023
Mexico
21,237 hectares
in 2023
Canada rank
14th
Mexico rank
12th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Canada
  • Mexico
010.0k20.0k30.0k200520142023

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 21,237 hectares against 20,090 hectares in Canada, a difference of 1,147 hectares.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Mexico ahead.

Canada ranks 14th and Mexico ranks 12th 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.