Statizoid

Share of deforestation that is exported by country

The share of deforestation that is driven by the production of goods that are exported to other countries.

Countries reporting
114
Highest
68.4%
Namibia
Lowest
0.0%
Reunion
Median
7.3%
Years covered
9
2005–2013
Data points
1,030

What the numbers show

Share of deforestation that is exported is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 68.4% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.0% in Reunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.3%, and the mean is 15.0%.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 2,080,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 99.8%).

Share of deforestation that is exported: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Namibia 68.4% 2013 up 156.0% rising
2 Paraguay 67.6% 2013 up 11.5% rising
3 Grenada 63.9% 2013 down 28.6% falling
4 Malaysia 63.7% 2013 up 1.3% flat
5 Argentina 56.7% 2013 up 11.1% rising
6 Uruguay 56.7% 2013 down 6.7% falling
7 Thailand 51.1% 2013 up 141.3% rising
8 Indonesia 50.8% 2013 up 24.3% rising
9 Nicaragua 49.2% 2013 up 5.9% rising
10 Australia 47.9% 2013 up 13.7% rising
11 Mauritius 43.8% 2013 up 1,707.8% volatile
12 Cyprus 43.0% 2013 up 204.5% volatile
13 Honduras 42.7% 2013 up 228.5% volatile
14 Spain 42.6% 2013 up 84.2% rising
15 Liberia 41.6% 2013 up 95.5% volatile
16 Fiji 40.3% 2013 down 17.9% falling
17 Costa Rica 39.7% 2013 up 30.0% rising
18 Greece 39.0% 2013 up 690.2% volatile
19 Vietnam 38.3% 2013 up 80.6% rising
20 Botswana 37.9% 2013 up 38.1% volatile
21 Papua New Guinea 32.5% 2013 up 34.1% rising
22 Belize 32.0% 2013 up 13.6% rising
23 Zambia 30.6% 2013 up 31.1% rising
24 Ghana 28.1% 2013 down 16.1% falling
25 El Salvador 27.6% 2013 up 821.2% volatile
26 Cote d'Ivoire 27.4% 2013 down 40.7% falling
27 Togo 22.3% 2013 up 42.2% rising
28 Brazil 21.5% 2013 down 12.0% falling
29 Guinea-Bissau 21.1% 2013 up 8.5% rising
30 Portugal 20.2% 2013 up 199.9% rising
31 Suriname 20.2% 2013 — volatile
32 Congo 20.0% 2013 up 155.2% volatile
33 Benin 19.7% 2013 up 112.4% volatile
34 Guyana 19.6% 2013 up 4,315.6% volatile
35 Israel 19.4% 2013 up 1,260.0% volatile
37 Panama 16.2% 2013 down 29.0% falling
38 Italy 15.6% 2013 up 50.2% rising
39 Burkina Faso 14.0% 2013 up 322.8% volatile
40 Malawi 13.8% 2013 up 95.7% rising
41 Mozambique 13.4% 2013 up 285.7% rising
42 Myanmar 12.3% 2013 up 5.5% rising
43 Jordan 12.2% 2013 up 9.4% rising
44 Pakistan 11.2% 2013 up 1,617.6% volatile
45 Philippines 11.1% 2013 up 47.5% rising
46 Uganda 11.0% 2013 up 76.3% rising
47 Lebanon 11.0% 2013 up 331.6% volatile
48 Laos 10.8% 2013 down 18.9% falling
49 Georgia 10.3% 2013 down 58.9% falling
50 South Africa 10.0% 2013 up 121.0% volatile
51 Ecuador 9.9% 2013 up 2,080,900.0% volatile
52 Egypt 9.6% 2013 down 7.8% falling
53 Peru 9.4% 2013 up 70.3% rising
54 Oman 8.6% 2012 — rising
55 Tanzania 8.5% 2013 down 11.2% falling
56 Sri Lanka 8.2% 2013 up 32.6% rising
57 Jamaica 7.9% 2013 up 651.2% volatile
58 Cambodia 7.5% 2013 — volatile
59 Zimbabwe 7.1% 2013 up 76.8% volatile
60 Venezuela 6.4% 2013 up 12.8% rising
61 Turkey 6.2% 2013 up 55.9% rising
62 Ethiopia 6.2% 2013 down 73.2% falling
63 Singapore 6.0% 2013 — rising
64 Mexico 6.0% 2013 down 44.2% falling
65 Tunisia 5.9% 2013 up 656.4% rising
66 India 5.6% 2013 up 277.0% rising
67 Niger 5.6% 2013 up 5,583.0% volatile
68 Syria 5.5% 2013 down 52.1% falling
69 Morocco 5.2% 2013 up 0.2% flat
70 Colombia 4.7% 2013 up 187.2% volatile
71 Central African Republic 4.5% 2013 up 2,766.5% volatile
72 Cameroon 4.3% 2013 down 49.9% falling
73 Guatemala 3.8% 2013 down 90.4% volatile
74 Gabon 3.6% 2013 up 618.8% rising
75 Brunei 3.5% 2013 down 87.8% volatile
76 Trinidad and Tobago 3.3% 2013 down 61.9% falling
77 Kenya 3.3% 2013 down 66.2% falling
78 Nepal 2.3% 2013 up 27,854.8% volatile
79 Albania 1.9% 2013 down 71.4% volatile
80 Sierra Leone 1.8% 2013 up 1,048.8% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 1.7% 2013 up 32.2% rising
82 Madagascar 1.6% 2013 down 24.7% rising
83 Iraq 1.6% 2013 up 78.5% volatile
84 Yemen 1.5% 2013 up 5,360.5% volatile
85 Rwanda 1.5% 2013 up 81.3% rising
86 Mali 1.3% 2013 down 71.0% volatile
87 Guinea 1.2% 2013 down 70.1% falling
88 Barbados 1.1% 2013 up 288.9% volatile
89 Gambia 1.0% 2013 up 2,134.8% volatile
90 Burundi 1.0% 2013 down 81.0% volatile
91 East Timor 0.8% 2013 down 14.7% volatile
92 Japan 0.6% 2013 up 811.2% volatile
93 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6% 2013 up 35.5% volatile
94 Senegal 0.6% 2013 up 58.7% volatile
95 Chad 0.5% 2013 up 167.1% volatile
96 Saint Lucia 0.5% 2013 down 99.0% volatile
97 Armenia 0.4% 2013 down 74.7% volatile
98 Bangladesh 0.3% 2013 up 247.0% volatile
99 Nigeria 0.3% 2013 down 84.6% volatile
100 Cape Verde 0.2% 2013 down 14.5% volatile
101 Bahamas 0.2% 2013 — volatile
102 Haiti 0.1% 2013 down 55.5% falling
103 Iran 0.0% 2013 down 96.8% volatile
104 Algeria 0.0% 2013 down 73.1% volatile
105 Angola 0.0% 2013 up 238.6% volatile
106 Mauritania 0.0% 2009 — volatile
107 Bhutan 0.0% 2013 down 99.4% volatile
108 Lesotho 0.0% 2013 — volatile
109 Afghanistan 0.0% 2013 down 99.7% volatile
110 Somalia 0.0% 2013 down 99.8% volatile
111 Cuba 0.0% 2013 down 99.0% volatile
112 Libya 0.0% 2013 down 98.1% volatile
113 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2013 — volatile
113 French Guiana 0.0% 2013 — flat
113 Reunion 0.0% 2013 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Share of deforestation that is exported
Unit
%
Source
Pendrill et al. (2019) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
117 places, 1,030 data points, 2005–2013
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The share of deforestation that is driven by the production of goods that are exported to other countries.