Benin vs Malta: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Benin
1.61 square meters
in 2023
Malta
1.74 square meters
in 2023
Benin rank
129th
Malta rank
127th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Benin
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 1.74 square meters against 1.61 square meters in Benin, a difference of 0.1256 square meters.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 129th and Malta ranks 127th 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.