South Korea vs United Kingdom: Imported deforestation

South Korea
27,738 hectares
in 2023
United Kingdom
29,134 hectares
in 2023
South Korea rank
8th
United Kingdom rank
6th

Imported deforestation over time

  • South Korea
  • United Kingdom
020.0k40.0k60.0k200520142023

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 29,134 hectares against 27,738 hectares in South Korea, a difference of 1,396 hectares.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

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

South Korea ranks 8th and United Kingdom ranks 6th 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.