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

Cameroon

15.02 square meters

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

14.64 square meters

in 2023

Cameroon rank

19th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

20th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

Cameroon
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 15.02 square meters against 14.64 square meters in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.3848 square meters.

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

Cameroon ranks 19th 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.