EUDR: Country Risk List

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires companies to ensure that wood and other raw materials are free from deforestation. A key tool for this is the EU’s official country list, which classifies countries by risk level – the higher the risk, the stricter the due diligence requirements.

Here is the current country risk classification at a glance:

Low Risk

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Canada
Central African Republic
Chile
China
Comoros
Congo (Republic of the Congo)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Estonia
Eswatini
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guyana
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Palau
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen

Standard Risk

Angola
Argentina
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Colombia
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Israel
Liberia
Malawi
Malaysia
Mauritania
Mexico
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe

High Risk

Belarus
Myanmar
North Korea
Russia

Please note: These classifications are based on the official list published by the European Commission and are subject to regular updates.

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