Burundi vs Niger: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Burundi
0.8853 square meters
in 2023
Niger
1.05 square meters
in 2023
Burundi rank
141st
Niger rank
140th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Burundi
  • Niger
0.511.52200520142023

How they compare

Niger currently reports 1.05 square meters against 0.8853 square meters in Burundi, a difference of 0.1605 square meters.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 141st and Niger ranks 140th 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.