Saudi Arabia vs Thailand: Imported deforestation

Saudi Arabia
9,760 hectares
in 2023
Thailand
11,416 hectares
in 2023
Saudi Arabia rank
28th
Thailand rank
25th

Imported deforestation over time

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Thailand
10.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k200520142023

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 11,416 hectares against 9,760 hectares in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1,657 hectares.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

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

Saudi Arabia ranks 28th and Thailand ranks 25th 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.