Norway vs Sri Lanka: Imported deforestation

Norway

4,275 hectares

in 2023

Sri Lanka

4,597 hectares

in 2023

Norway rank

53rd

Sri Lanka rank

51st

Imported deforestation over time

Norway
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 4,597 hectares against 4,275 hectares in Norway, a difference of 321.83 hectares.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

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

Norway ranks 53rd and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Norway
Imported deforestation in Sri Lanka
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.