Ireland vs Namibia: Imported deforestation

Ireland

1,878 hectares

in 2023

Namibia

1,843 hectares

in 2023

Ireland rank

105th

Namibia rank

107th

Imported deforestation over time

Ireland
Namibia

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1,878 hectares against 1,843 hectares in Namibia, a difference of 35.42 hectares.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 105th and Namibia ranks 107th of 178 regions.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Ireland
Imported deforestation in Namibia
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.