Australia vs Norway: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Australia
8.57 square meters
in 2023
Norway
8.41 square meters
in 2023
Australia rank
41st
Norway rank
42nd

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Australia
  • Norway
1015202530200520142023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 8.57 square meters against 8.41 square meters in Norway, a difference of 0.1665 square meters.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Norway ahead.

Australia ranks 41st and Norway ranks 42nd 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
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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.