Ghana vs Uruguay: Imported deforestation

Ghana
4,734 hectares
in 2023
Uruguay
4,288 hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
50th
Uruguay rank
52nd

Imported deforestation over time

  • Ghana
  • Uruguay
2.0k4.0k6.0k200520142023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 4,734 hectares against 4,288 hectares in Uruguay, a difference of 446.4 hectares.

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

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

Ghana ranks 50th and Uruguay ranks 52nd 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
Last refreshed

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.