Jamaica vs Zambia: Imported deforestation

Jamaica
2,413 hectares
in 2023
Zambia
2,331 hectares
in 2023
Jamaica rank
90th
Zambia rank
93rd

Imported deforestation over time

  • Jamaica
  • Zambia
02.0k4.0k6.0k200520142023

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 2,413 hectares against 2,331 hectares in Zambia, a difference of 82.77 hectares.

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

Jamaica ranks 90th and Zambia ranks 93rd 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.