Bolivia vs Brazil: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Bolivia
156.37 square meters
in 2023
Brazil
67.97 square meters
in 2023
Bolivia rank
1st
Brazil rank
2nd

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
50100150200200520142023

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 156.37 square meters against 67.97 square meters in Brazil, a difference of 88.4 square meters.

That makes Bolivia's figure about 2.3 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Brazil ahead.

Bolivia ranks 1st and Brazil ranks 2nd 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.