Imported deforestation by country
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.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
231,151 hectares
China
Lowest
0 hectares
Taiwan
Median
2,468 hectares
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
3,320
What the numbers show
Imported deforestation is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 231,151 hectares in China; the lowest is 0 hectares in Taiwan.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,468 hectares, and the mean is 7,828 hectares.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 3,222.9%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 91.4%).
Imported deforestation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 231,151 hectares | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 198,489 hectares | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 55,698 hectares | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 48,137 hectares | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 5 | Japan | 44,920 hectares | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 29,134 hectares | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 7 | France | 28,283 hectares | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 8 | South Korea | 27,738 hectares | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 9 | Vietnam | 26,644 hectares | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 22,231 hectares | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 11 | Italy | 22,107 hectares | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 21,237 hectares | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 13 | Spain | 20,872 hectares | 2023 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 14 | Canada | 20,090 hectares | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 15 | Indonesia | 18,889 hectares | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 18,391 hectares | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 17 | Malaysia | 17,987 hectares | 2023 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 17,806 hectares | 2023 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 19 | Netherlands | 17,647 hectares | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 16,752 hectares | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 21 | Paraguay | 16,481 hectares | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 22 | Brazil | 16,353 hectares | 2023 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 11,874 hectares | 2023 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 24 | Turkey | 11,570 hectares | 2023 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 11,416 hectares | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 10,558 hectares | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 27 | Iran | 10,074 hectares | 2023 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 9,760 hectares | 2023 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 29 | Singapore | 9,747 hectares | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 8,400 hectares | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 8,342 hectares | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 32 | Egypt | 8,300 hectares | 2023 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 8,085 hectares | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 34 | Pakistan | 7,941 hectares | 2023 | down 60.1% | rising |
| 35 | Ecuador | 7,461 hectares | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 36 | Belgium | 7,460 hectares | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 7,451 hectares | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 7,252 hectares | 2023 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 39 | Venezuela | 6,867 hectares | 2023 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 6,859 hectares | 2023 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 41 | Philippines | 6,772 hectares | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 42 | Switzerland | 5,865 hectares | 2023 | down 48.2% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 5,824 hectares | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 44 | Bolivia | 5,619 hectares | 2023 | up 121.1% | rising |
| 45 | Mali | 5,407 hectares | 2023 | up 287.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | 5,345 hectares | 2023 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Kenya | 5,105 hectares | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 4,818 hectares | 2023 | up 72.7% | falling |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 4,748 hectares | 2023 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 50 | Ghana | 4,734 hectares | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 4,597 hectares | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 4,288 hectares | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 53 | Norway | 4,275 hectares | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 54 | El Salvador | 4,181 hectares | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 4,162 hectares | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 56 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4,149 hectares | 2023 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Portugal | 4,002 hectares | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 3,926 hectares | 2023 | up 157.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Sweden | 3,774 hectares | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 60 | Austria | 3,689 hectares | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 61 | Jordan | 3,666 hectares | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 62 | Panama | 3,660 hectares | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 3,588 hectares | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Senegal | 3,528 hectares | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 65 | Israel | 3,393 hectares | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 3,347 hectares | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 67 | Cameroon | 3,344 hectares | 2023 | up 227.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Qatar | 3,307 hectares | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 3,183 hectares | 2023 | up 136.6% | rising |
| 70 | Tanzania | 3,156 hectares | 2023 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 71 | Cuba | 3,141 hectares | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 72 | Honduras | 3,101 hectares | 2023 | up 36.4% | flat |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 3,014 hectares | 2023 | up 343.6% | volatile |
| 74 | New Zealand | 2,993 hectares | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 75 | Oman | 2,980 hectares | 2023 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 76 | Kuwait | 2,937 hectares | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 77 | Nepal | 2,904 hectares | 2023 | up 322.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Morocco | 2,887 hectares | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea | 2,854 hectares | 2023 | up 133.5% | rising |
| 80 | Niger | 2,736 hectares | 2023 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 2,716 hectares | 2023 | up 800.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | 2,633 hectares | 2023 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 83 | Denmark | 2,631 hectares | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 2,612 hectares | 2023 | up 794.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 2,593 hectares | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Yemen | 2,591 hectares | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 87 | Lebanon | 2,477 hectares | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 2,468 hectares | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 89 | Georgia | 2,436 hectares | 2023 | up 143.5% | rising |
| 90 | Jamaica | 2,413 hectares | 2023 | up 265.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Bahrain | 2,387 hectares | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 92 | Mozambique | 2,373 hectares | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 93 | Zambia | 2,331 hectares | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2,321 hectares | 2023 | down 83.1% | rising |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 2,320 hectares | 2023 | up 858.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 2,303 hectares | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 2,273 hectares | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 2,264 hectares | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Finland | 2,261 hectares | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 100 | Armenia | 2,241 hectares | 2023 | up 641.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Gabon | 2,172 hectares | 2023 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 102 | Afghanistan | 1,979 hectares | 2023 | up 418.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Czechia | 1,917 hectares | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 104 | Benin | 1,911 hectares | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 106 | Mauritania | 1,865 hectares | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 107 | Namibia | 1,843 hectares | 2023 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Syria | 1,837 hectares | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Haiti | 1,829 hectares | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 1,793 hectares | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,780 hectares | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 112 | Bahamas | 1,744 hectares | 2023 | up 421.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Congo | 1,729 hectares | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,720 hectares | 2023 | up 569.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Palestine | 1,702 hectares | 2023 | up 132.9% | rising |
| 116 | Madagascar | 1,701 hectares | 2023 | up 207.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,690 hectares | 2023 | up 907.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Romania | 1,669 hectares | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 119 | Mongolia | 1,653 hectares | 2023 | up 414.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Chad | 1,636 hectares | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Eritrea | 1,631 hectares | 2023 | up 3,222.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Libya | 1,507 hectares | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 123 | Bhutan | 1,430 hectares | 2023 | up 2,182.6% | volatile |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 1,420 hectares | 2023 | up 297.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Moldova | 1,408 hectares | 2023 | up 609.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Togo | 1,400 hectares | 2023 | up 139.4% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 1,384 hectares | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 128 | Hungary | 1,291 hectares | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 129 | Slovakia | 1,251 hectares | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 130 | Botswana | 1,243 hectares | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 1,207 hectares | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 132 | Gambia | 1,204 hectares | 2023 | up 393.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Belize | 1,183 hectares | 2023 | up 1,536.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 1,078 hectares | 2023 | up 702.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Cambodia | 1,077 hectares | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 136 | Djibouti | 1,034 hectares | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 137 | Somalia | 1,026 hectares | 2023 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 1,012 hectares | 2023 | up 233.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 989.15 hectares | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Burundi | 982.24 hectares | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 141 | Tunisia | 969.4 hectares | 2023 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 949.59 hectares | 2023 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 143 | North Korea | 774.74 hectares | 2023 | up 228.8% | rising |
| 144 | Myanmar | 752.8 hectares | 2023 | down 79.2% | rising |
| 145 | Estonia | 655.46 hectares | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Croatia | 570.73 hectares | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 520.73 hectares | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 149 | Laos | 388.63 hectares | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 150 | Lithuania | 382.51 hectares | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 151 | Brunei | 305.27 hectares | 2023 | down 81.6% | falling |
| 152 | Latvia | 242.99 hectares | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Cyprus | 210.27 hectares | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Iceland | 149.22 hectares | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 hectares | 2022 | — | flat |
| 156 | Barbados | 0 hectares | 2016 | — | flat |
| 156 | Comoros | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 0 hectares | 2017 | — | flat |
| 156 | Dominica | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Fiji | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Grenada | 0 hectares | 2017 | — | flat |
| 156 | Guyana | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 hectares | 2011 | — | flat |
| 156 | Saint Lucia | 0 hectares | 2022 | — | flat |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Mauritius | 0 hectares | 2018 | — | flat |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Suriname | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Eswatini | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | East Timor | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 hectares | 2016 | — | flat |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Taiwan | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
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.