Angola vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Angola

14.13 square meters

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

14.64 square meters

in 2023

Angola rank

22nd

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

20th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

Angola
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 14.64 square meters against 14.13 square meters in Angola, a difference of 0.5069 square meters.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Angola ranks 22nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 20th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Consumption-based deforestation per person
Unit: square meters
Source: Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Estimated average deforestation for agricultural and forestry products, per person. This is adjusted for trade, so it reflects deforestation caused by consumption, not domestic production.