Democratic Republic of Congo vs India: Annual deforestation

Democratic Republic of Congo
283,500 hectares per year
in 2020
India
588,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
4th
India rank
2nd

Annual deforestation over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 588,000 hectares per year against 283,500 hectares per year in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 304,500 hectares per year.

That makes India's figure about 2.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th and India ranks 2nd of 112 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
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