Iran vs United Arab Emirates: Imported deforestation

Iran
10,074 hectares
in 2023
United Arab Emirates
8,400 hectares
in 2023
Iran rank
27th
United Arab Emirates rank
30th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Iran
  • United Arab Emirates
10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k30.0k200520142023

How they compare

Iran currently reports 10,074 hectares against 8,400 hectares in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 1,675 hectares.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.2 times United Arab Emirates's.

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

Iran ranks 27th and United Arab Emirates ranks 30th 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.