Exported deforestation by country
Exported deforestation is the amount of annual deforestation that is driven by the production of food and forestry products that are exported for consumption in other countries. This is measured in hectares.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
336,154 hectares
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0 hectares
Yemen
Median
65.03 hectares
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
3,320
What the numbers show
Exported deforestation is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 336,154 hectares in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0 hectares in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.03 hectares, and the mean is 7,850 hectares.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 1,881.9%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Exported deforestation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 336,154 hectares | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 212,531 hectares | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 131,358 hectares | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 4 | China | 86,523 hectares | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 64,906 hectares | 2023 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 6 | Paraguay | 50,300 hectares | 2023 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 7 | Vietnam | 42,621 hectares | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Colombia | 35,706 hectares | 2023 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Malaysia | 35,121 hectares | 2023 | down 71.6% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 30,939 hectares | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Myanmar | 29,282 hectares | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 12 | India | 28,549 hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 28,514 hectares | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 14 | Ghana | 23,815 hectares | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Argentina | 21,173 hectares | 2023 | down 88.7% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 17,112 hectares | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 17 | New Zealand | 13,511 hectares | 2023 | up 433.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 13,005 hectares | 2023 | up 414.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 12,381 hectares | 2023 | up 44.0% | flat |
| 20 | Tanzania | 11,149 hectares | 2023 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 10,460 hectares | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 22 | Angola | 9,352 hectares | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 9,264 hectares | 2023 | up 1,049.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 8,800 hectares | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 25 | Cambodia | 7,948 hectares | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 26 | United States | 7,443 hectares | 2023 | down 85.4% | falling |
| 27 | Nigeria | 7,031 hectares | 2023 | up 590.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 7,023 hectares | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 6,648 hectares | 2023 | up 282.8% | falling |
| 30 | Mozambique | 6,151 hectares | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 31 | Laos | 5,851 hectares | 2023 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 5,014 hectares | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 4,305 hectares | 2023 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 34 | Liberia | 4,079 hectares | 2023 | down 63.0% | flat |
| 35 | Guinea | 3,678 hectares | 2023 | up 302.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 3,607 hectares | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 3,585 hectares | 2023 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 3,061 hectares | 2023 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 2,697 hectares | 2023 | up 185.4% | rising |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 2,554 hectares | 2023 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 42 | Zambia | 2,088 hectares | 2023 | down 82.7% | falling |
| 43 | Gabon | 2,069 hectares | 2023 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 44 | Uruguay | 1,896 hectares | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 45 | Australia | 1,873 hectares | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 1,540 hectares | 2023 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 1,487 hectares | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Congo | 1,407 hectares | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Uganda | 1,286 hectares | 2023 | down 77.9% | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 1,266 hectares | 2023 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 51 | Latvia | 1,118 hectares | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 52 | Ukraine | 1,105 hectares | 2023 | down 75.6% | flat |
| 53 | Spain | 1,067 hectares | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Solomon Islands | 1,045 hectares | 2023 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 679.57 hectares | 2023 | up 210.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Russia | 660.85 hectares | 2023 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 57 | Venezuela | 656.73 hectares | 2023 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Chad | 647.89 hectares | 2023 | up 298.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Rwanda | 608.39 hectares | 2023 | up 357.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 585.91 hectares | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 570.79 hectares | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 551.19 hectares | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Belize | 494.2 hectares | 2023 | down 76.7% | rising |
| 64 | Italy | 423.29 hectares | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 65 | Suriname | 409.28 hectares | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 66 | North Korea | 384.2 hectares | 2023 | up 1,182.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Guyana | 354.34 hectares | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 68 | Fiji | 332.56 hectares | 2023 | up 1,881.9% | volatile |
| 69 | France | 299.6 hectares | 2023 | down 78.2% | falling |
| 70 | Equatorial Guinea | 274.85 hectares | 2023 | up 164.2% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 236.2 hectares | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 72 | Benin | 221.38 hectares | 2023 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 73 | Germany | 208.98 hectares | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 74 | Bangladesh | 188.76 hectares | 2023 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 183.42 hectares | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Poland | 180.42 hectares | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Turkey | 162.1 hectares | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 131.46 hectares | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 124.96 hectares | 2023 | down 72.0% | rising |
| 80 | Togo | 118.28 hectares | 2023 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Burundi | 116.37 hectares | 2023 | up 1,525.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Bhutan | 105.06 hectares | 2023 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Nepal | 95.11 hectares | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Portugal | 93.02 hectares | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Lithuania | 87.03 hectares | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 86 | Norway | 86.67 hectares | 2023 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 84.91 hectares | 2023 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 72.14 hectares | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Romania | 65.03 hectares | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 90 | Sweden | 62.49 hectares | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Estonia | 58.24 hectares | 2023 | down 57.6% | rising |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 57.92 hectares | 2023 | down 55.9% | rising |
| 93 | East Timor | 49.66 hectares | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 94 | Denmark | 48.24 hectares | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Somalia | 45.98 hectares | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 96 | Japan | 40.55 hectares | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 97 | Slovenia | 37.95 hectares | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 98 | Czechia | 32.89 hectares | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 32.65 hectares | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Netherlands | 31.98 hectares | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 101 | Austria | 27.72 hectares | 2023 | up 217.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Belgium | 26.57 hectares | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Taiwan | 23.85 hectares | 2023 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 104 | Eswatini | 22.97 hectares | 2023 | down 91.6% | falling |
| 105 | Moldova | 21.67 hectares | 2023 | up 269.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Brunei | 21.2 hectares | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 16.51 hectares | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 108 | Cuba | 15.8 hectares | 2023 | down 91.8% | falling |
| 109 | Mali | 14.46 hectares | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Belarus | 14.45 hectares | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 14.21 hectares | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritius | 13.52 hectares | 2018 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 12.29 hectares | 2023 | up 334.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.18 hectares | 2023 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 115 | South Korea | 12.05 hectares | 2023 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Puerto Rico | 11.96 hectares | 2023 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 9.44 hectares | 2023 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 8.7 hectares | 2023 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 119 | El Salvador | 7.97 hectares | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 7.74 hectares | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 121 | Haiti | 5.91 hectares | 2023 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.65 hectares | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 123 | Georgia | 3.88 hectares | 2023 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Tunisia | 3.06 hectares | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Comoros | 2.7 hectares | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Albania | 2.36 hectares | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahamas | 1.98 hectares | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Singapore | 1.76 hectares | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 1.6 hectares | 2023 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Gambia | 1.47 hectares | 2023 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Mongolia | 0.99 hectares | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Syria | 0.88 hectares | 2023 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Morocco | 0.79 hectares | 2023 | down 98.1% | falling |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 0.65 hectares | 2023 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Dominica | 0.56 hectares | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 0.49 hectares | 2017 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 0.4 hectares | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Barbados | 0.33 hectares | 2016 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Israel | 0.32 hectares | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Pakistan | 0.28 hectares | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 0.27 hectares | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Grenada | 0.19 hectares | 2017 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 0.15 hectares | 2023 | down 88.5% | falling |
| 145 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.13 hectares | 2011 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Iran | 0.12 hectares | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 0.12 hectares | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.12 hectares | 2016 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 hectares | 2022 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Armenia | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahrain | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Cyprus | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Algeria | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Egypt | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Eritrea | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Iraq | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Iceland | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Jordan | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Kuwait | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Lebanon | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Libya | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Mauritania | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Namibia | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Niger | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Oman | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Palestine | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Qatar | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Yemen | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Exported deforestation is the amount of annual deforestation that is driven by the production of food and forestry products that are exported for consumption in other countries. This is measured in hectares.