Germany vs Japan: Imported deforestation

Germany
48,137 hectares
in 2023
Japan
44,920 hectares
in 2023
Germany rank
4th
Japan rank
5th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k200520142023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 48,137 hectares against 44,920 hectares in Japan, a difference of 3,217 hectares.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Japan ahead.

Germany ranks 4th and Japan ranks 5th 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.