Germany vs India: Imported deforestation

Germany
48,137 hectares
in 2023
India
55,698 hectares
in 2023
Germany rank
4th
India rank
3rd

Imported deforestation over time

  • Germany
  • India
40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k140.0k200520142023

How they compare

India currently reports 55,698 hectares against 48,137 hectares in Germany, a difference of 7,560 hectares.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 4th and India ranks 3rd 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.