Italy vs Russia: Imported deforestation

Italy

22,107 hectares

in 2023

Russia

22,231 hectares

in 2023

Italy rank

11th

Russia rank

10th

Imported deforestation over time

Italy
Russia

How they compare

Russia currently reports 22,231 hectares against 22,107 hectares in Italy, a difference of 123.5 hectares.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 11th and Russia ranks 10th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Italy
Imported deforestation in Russia
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.