Mauritania vs Namibia: Imported deforestation

Mauritania

1,865 hectares

in 2023

Namibia

1,843 hectares

in 2023

Mauritania rank

106th

Namibia rank

107th

Imported deforestation over time

Mauritania
Namibia

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 1,865 hectares against 1,843 hectares in Namibia, a difference of 22.43 hectares.

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

Mauritania ranks 106th and Namibia ranks 107th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Mauritania
Imported deforestation in Namibia
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.