environmental2023
Net traded deforestation
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
-28.5hectares
Median: 1,398.7hectares
Countries Covered
182
with available data
Highest
United States of America
191,045.6hectares
Lowest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
-333,833.0hectares
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America191,045.6hectares
2People's Republic of China144,628.0hectares
3Germany47,928.3hectares
4Japan44,879.3hectares
5United Kingdom29,101.2hectares
By Region
North America54,909.3hectares(4 countries)
Asia9,121.4hectares(26 countries)
Europe7,021.6hectares(31 countries)
Oceania2,999.8hectares(2 countries)
Africa1,716.2hectares(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-333,833.0hectares)High (191,045.6hectares)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: -28.5hectares)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
Europe (31)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
Other (103)
South America (7)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 191,045.6hectares |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 144,628.0hectares |
| 3 | Germany | 47,928.3hectares |
| 4 | Japan | 44,879.3hectares |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 29,101.2hectares |
| 6 | France | 27,983.5hectares |
| 7 | South Korea | 27,725.7hectares |
| 8 | India | 27,148.5hectares |
| 9 | Italy | 21,683.9hectares |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 21,569.8hectares |
| 11 | Spain | 19,805.4hectares |
| 12 | Canada | 18,602.2hectares |
| 13 | Algeria | 17,805.7hectares |
| 14 | Netherlands | 17,615.3hectares |
| 15 | Australia | 16,517.5hectares |
| 16 | Türkiye | 11,408.3hectares |
| 17 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 10,074.4hectares |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 9,759.7hectares |
| 19 | Singapore | 9,745.3hectares |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 8,399.8hectares |
| 21 | Egypt | 8,299.6hectares |
| 22 | Mexico | 8,232.2hectares |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 8,153.7hectares |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 8,085.1hectares |
| 25 | Pakistan | 7,940.5hectares |
| 26 | Belgium | 7,433.7hectares |
| 27 | Poland | 7,270.2hectares |
| 28 | Chile | 6,291.9hectares |
| 29 | South Africa | 6,288.3hectares |
| 30 | Venezuela | 6,209.9hectares |
| 31 | Switzerland | 5,852.8hectares |
| 32 | Iraq | 5,824.0hectares |
| 33 | Mali | 5,393.0hectares |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 4,622.8hectares |
| 35 | Norway | 4,188.5hectares |
| 36 | El Salvador | 4,173.4hectares |
| 37 | Portugal | 3,909.4hectares |
| 38 | Ecuador | 3,876.8hectares |
| 39 | Sweden | 3,711.0hectares |
| 40 | Jordan | 3,665.7hectares |
| 41 | Austria | 3,661.6hectares |
| 42 | Kenya | 3,564.6hectares |
| 43 | Senegal | 3,528.1hectares |
| 44 | Israel | 3,393.1hectares |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 3,374.4hectares |
| 46 | Qatar | 3,307.3hectares |
| 47 | Cuba | 3,125.1hectares |
| 48 | Ukraine | 3,057.4hectares |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 3,014.3hectares |
| 50 | Oman | 2,980.0hectares |
| 51 | Kuwait | 2,937.1hectares |
| 52 | Morocco | 2,885.7hectares |
| 53 | Nepal | 2,808.4hectares |
| 54 | Niger | 2,735.7hectares |
| 55 | Albania | 2,714.0hectares |
| 56 | Belarus | 2,618.7hectares |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 2,611.6hectares |
| 58 | Yemen | 2,590.6hectares |
| 59 | Denmark | 2,580.0hectares |
| 60 | Lebanon | 2,477.1hectares |
| 61 | Georgia | 2,432.2hectares |
| 62 | Jamaica | 2,396.9hectares |
| 63 | Uruguay | 2,391.2hectares |
| 64 | Bahrain | 2,387.1hectares |
| 65 | Greece | 2,336.7hectares |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 2,320.4hectares |
| 67 | Uganda | 2,302.0hectares |
| 68 | Armenia | 2,240.6hectares |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 2,080.6hectares |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 2,042.7hectares |
| 71 | Finland | 2,024.5hectares |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 1,978.7hectares |
| 73 | Czech Republic | 1,883.7hectares |
| 74 | Mauritania | 1,865.2hectares |
| 75 | Namibia | 1,842.8hectares |
| 76 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,835.8hectares |
| 77 | Haiti | 1,823.5hectares |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 1,792.3hectares |
| 79 | Guatemala | 1,757.4hectares |
| 80 | Bahamas | 1,742.4hectares |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,707.8hectares |
| 82 | State of Palestine | 1,701.5hectares |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,689.7hectares |
| 84 | Benin | 1,689.3hectares |
| 85 | Rwanda | 1,664.6hectares |
| 86 | Mongolia | 1,652.1hectares |
| 87 | Eritrea | 1,630.9hectares |
| 88 | Romania | 1,604.4hectares |
| 89 | Libya | 1,507.2hectares |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,504.7hectares |
| 91 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1,410.7hectares |
| 92 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,386.7hectares |
| 93 | Bhutan | 1,324.5hectares |
| 94 | Togo | 1,281.5hectares |
| 95 | Slovakia | 1,249.8hectares |
| 96 | Botswana | 1,243.0hectares |
| 97 | Hungary | 1,206.3hectares |
| 98 | Republic of The Gambia | 1,202.5hectares |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 1,148.9hectares |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 1,037.2hectares |
| 101 | Djibouti | 1,034.2hectares |
| 102 | Chad | 987.8hectares |
| 103 | Somalia | 980.0hectares |
| 104 | Tunisia | 966.3hectares |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 940.9hectares |
| 106 | Burundi | 865.9hectares |
| 107 | Belize | 689.0hectares |
| 108 | Estonia | 597.2hectares |
| 109 | Luxembourg | 554.8hectares |
| 110 | Croatia | 498.6hectares |
| 111 | Slovenia | 482.8hectares |
| 112 | North Korea | 390.5hectares |
| 113 | Republic of the Congo | 321.6hectares |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 309.6hectares |
| 115 | Lithuania | 295.0hectares |
| 116 | Brunei Darussalam | 284.1hectares |
| 117 | Zambia | 242.3hectares |
| 118 | Cyprus | 210.3hectares |
| 119 | Iceland | 149.2hectares |
| 120 | Gabon | 103.4hectares |
| 121 | Malta | 92.6hectares |
| 122 | Panama | 52.8hectares |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.1hectares |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | -0.1hectares |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.1hectares |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0.1hectares |
| 127 | Lesotho | -0.2hectares |
| 128 | Grenada | -0.2hectares |
| 129 | Barbados | -0.3hectares |
| 130 | Cape Verde | -0.5hectares |
| 131 | Dominica | -0.6hectares |
| 132 | Comoros | -2.7hectares |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | -4.7hectares |
| 134 | Guadeloupe | -5.0hectares |
| 135 | Martinique | -5.2hectares |
| 136 | Vanuatu | -7.7hectares |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | -12.0hectares |
| 138 | Mauritius | -13.5hectares |
| 139 | New Caledonia | -14.2hectares |
| 140 | Eswatini | -23.0hectares |
| 141 | Taiwan, Province of China | -23.9hectares |
| 142 | Reunion | -31.8hectares |
| 143 | Timor-Leste | -49.7hectares |
| 144 | Fiji | -332.6hectares |
| 145 | Guyana | -354.3hectares |
| 146 | Suriname | -409.3hectares |
| 147 | French Guiana | -412.1hectares |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | -585.9hectares |
| 149 | Guinea | -824.3hectares |
| 150 | Latvia | -874.6hectares |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | -1,044.7hectares |
| 152 | Malawi | -1,310.0hectares |
| 153 | Ireland | -1,481.4hectares |
| 154 | Nigeria | -1,685.9hectares |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | -1,712.4hectares |
| 156 | Honduras | -1,913.0hectares |
| 157 | Liberia | -3,001.4hectares |
| 158 | Mozambique | -3,777.4hectares |
| 159 | Nicaragua | -3,840.1hectares |
| 160 | Madagascar | -4,946.8hectares |
| 161 | Cameroon | -5,456.0hectares |
| 162 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -5,461.9hectares |
| 163 | Philippines | -5,609.2hectares |
| 164 | Thailand | -5,695.9hectares |
| 165 | Angola | -6,005.8hectares |
| 166 | Cambodia | -6,871.2hectares |
| 167 | United Republic of Tanzania | -7,992.8hectares |
| 168 | Central African Republic | -8,251.8hectares |
| 169 | Argentina | -9,298.9hectares |
| 170 | New Zealand | -10,518.0hectares |
| 171 | Vietnam | -15,977.4hectares |
| 172 | Malaysia | -17,133.7hectares |
| 173 | Peru | -17,956.4hectares |
| 174 | Ghana | -19,081.0hectares |
| 175 | Bolivia | -25,320.1hectares |
| 176 | Colombia | -28,454.1hectares |
| 177 | Myanmar | -28,529.7hectares |
| 178 | Paraguay | -33,819.5hectares |
| 179 | Indonesia | -46,016.9hectares |
| 180 | Cote d'Ivoire | -127,208.7hectares |
| 181 | Brazil | -196,178.0hectares |
| 182 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -333,833.0hectares |
Showing 182 of 182 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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