Portugal vs Sweden: Imported deforestation

Portugal
4,002 hectares
in 2023
Sweden
3,774 hectares
in 2023
Portugal rank
57th
Sweden rank
59th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Portugal
  • Sweden
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k200520142023

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 4,002 hectares against 3,774 hectares in Sweden, a difference of 228.87 hectares.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 57th and Sweden ranks 59th 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.