Ghana vs Kenya: Imported deforestation

Ghana
4,734 hectares
in 2023
Kenya
5,105 hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
50th
Kenya rank
47th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Ghana
  • Kenya
2.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k200520142023

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 5,105 hectares against 4,734 hectares in Ghana, a difference of 370.82 hectares.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

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

Ghana ranks 50th and Kenya ranks 47th 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.