Norway vs Uruguay: Imported deforestation

Norway

4,275 hectares

in 2023

Uruguay

4,288 hectares

in 2023

Norway rank

53rd

Uruguay rank

52nd

Imported deforestation over time

Norway
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 4,288 hectares against 4,275 hectares in Norway, a difference of 12.32 hectares.

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

Norway ranks 53rd and Uruguay ranks 52nd of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Norway
Imported deforestation in Uruguay
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.