Italy vs Spain: Imported deforestation

Italy
22,107 hectares
in 2023
Spain
20,872 hectares
in 2023
Italy rank
11th
Spain rank
13th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
020.0k40.0k60.0k200520142023

How they compare

Italy currently reports 22,107 hectares against 20,872 hectares in Spain, a difference of 1,235 hectares.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

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

Italy ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th 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
Last refreshed

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.