Nepal vs Niger: Imported deforestation

Nepal
2,904 hectares
in 2023
Niger
2,736 hectares
in 2023
Nepal rank
77th
Niger rank
80th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Nepal
  • Niger
01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k200520142023

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 2,904 hectares against 2,736 hectares in Niger, a difference of 167.77 hectares.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

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

Nepal ranks 77th and Niger ranks 80th 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
Last refreshed

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.