Iceland vs Latvia: Imported deforestation

Iceland
149.22 hectares
in 2023
Latvia
242.99 hectares
in 2023
Iceland rank
154th
Latvia rank
152nd

Imported deforestation over time

  • Iceland
  • Latvia
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200520142023

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 242.99 hectares against 149.22 hectares in Iceland, a difference of 93.77 hectares.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.6 times Iceland's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 154th and Latvia ranks 152nd 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.