Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe: Imported deforestation

Costa Rica
2,303 hectares
in 2023
Zimbabwe
2,264 hectares
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
96th
Zimbabwe rank
98th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Zimbabwe
2.0k4.0k6.0k200520142023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2,303 hectares against 2,264 hectares in Zimbabwe, a difference of 38.79 hectares.

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

Costa Rica ranks 96th and Zimbabwe ranks 98th 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.