Mali vs Nigeria: Imported deforestation

Mali

5,407 hectares

in 2023

Nigeria

5,345 hectares

in 2023

Mali rank

45th

Nigeria rank

46th

Imported deforestation over time

Mali
Nigeria

How they compare

Mali currently reports 5,407 hectares against 5,345 hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 62.79 hectares.

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

Mali ranks 45th and Nigeria ranks 46th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Mali
Imported deforestation in Nigeria
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.