Italy vs South Korea: Imported deforestation

Italy
22,107 hectares
in 2023
South Korea
27,738 hectares
in 2023
Italy rank
11th
South Korea rank
8th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Italy
  • South Korea
020.0k40.0k60.0k200520142023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 27,738 hectares against 22,107 hectares in Italy, a difference of 5,631 hectares.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 11th and South Korea ranks 8th 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.