Mauritania vs Syria: Imported deforestation

Mauritania
1,865 hectares
in 2023
Syria
1,837 hectares
in 2023
Mauritania rank
106th
Syria rank
108th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Mauritania
  • Syria
02.0k4.0k6.0k200520142023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 1,865 hectares against 1,837 hectares in Syria, a difference of 28.55 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Syria ahead.

Mauritania ranks 106th and Syria ranks 108th 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.