Guatemala vs Sri Lanka: Imported deforestation

Guatemala

4,818 hectares

in 2023

Sri Lanka

4,597 hectares

in 2023

Guatemala rank

48th

Sri Lanka rank

51st

Imported deforestation over time

Guatemala
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 4,818 hectares against 4,597 hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 220.95 hectares.

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

Guatemala ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Guatemala
Imported deforestation in Sri Lanka
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.