Ghana vs Sri Lanka: Imported deforestation

Ghana
4,734 hectares
in 2023
Sri Lanka
4,597 hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
50th
Sri Lanka rank
51st

Imported deforestation over time

  • Ghana
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 4,734 hectares against 4,597 hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 136.89 hectares.

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

Ghana ranks 50th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st 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.